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THE WORLD OF ANIMAL LIFE 



claws, as of course it does not use them in order to kill prey. In 

 South America, where it lives, ants are very plentiful, and they 

 build as their homes huge heaps of mud often twice as high as 

 a man. To break into these, therefore, the ant-eater uses its claws. 



Ant-Eater 



In this way it gets its ants crowded together, and does not depend 

 upon stray ones to be found upon the ground. 



When the ant-eater is attacked its claws prove very formid- 

 able weapons of defence. One has been known to rip open a 

 jaguar with a stroke of its claws. 



Some species of ant-eater live almost entirely among the trees, 



