A baby bundle of joy for anteater Cecilia!
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Rescued giant anteater Cecilia has just welcomed her very first baby, after you helped her return home to the Amazon jungle.
Image: Cecilia’s new baby is utterly adorable! Credit: Instituto Tamandua
Sometimes the best surprises come in the tiniest packages – giant anteater Cecilia has just become a mum!
This incredible news comes after you helped Cecilia find her way back to the wild, following years of recovery and expert care at our partner sanctuary in Brazil.
Watch the video to say hello to her special new arrival:
Cecilia was only a baby herself when she was rescued from devastating human-made wildfires. Her mum was killed trying to escape the flames, and poor Cecilia had no chance in the wild all alone.
But thanks to you, our partners at the Tamanduá Institute quickly took her in. They helped her heal with lots of nutritious food and vet visits, and after a few years she was ready to head back to the wild.
Her carers kept a close eye on her with a special tracker, making sure she was doing okay in the big wild world. But nothing could have prepared them for the day Cecilia emerged from the bushes with a tiny newborn pup on her back!
The factory farming industry is still deliberately lighting fires to clear the forest in Brazil. But Cecilia’s new family is the biggest sign yet that, thanks to you, there’s hope for the wild animals of the Amazon.
Thank you for giving Cecilia and her baby a chance at the wild life they deserve.
Rescued anteaters safely released
Thanks to you, two giant baby anteaters, Cecilia and Darlan, orphaned by the Brazil fires, have been safely released into the wild.
Environmental impact
Intensive animal agriculture causes billions of animals to suffer annually, and also causes significant harm to the environment.
FAQs
How long is an anteater’s tongue?
Anteaters have no teeth, but their tongues can be up to 60cm long!
How many ants does an anteater eat?
About 35,000 of them every day! They find anthills using their sense of smell which is 40 times more powerful than a human’s.
Are anteaters related to pangolins?
Though pangolins are sometimes called ‘scaly anteaters’ and they share a love of ants, pangolins and anteaters are not related