GREAT ANT-EATER. 
Bliffon observes, that " the three Ant- 
Eaxrs, which are so diiFererit In size, and 
; ■roportion of body, have many common qua- 
ULies, both in their structure and manners, 
i hey all feed on Ar^ts; and plunge their 
tongue into honey and other liquid or viscid 
substances. They readily pick up* crumbs of 
^^ad, or small morsels of flesh. They are 
^ .Sily tamed. They can subsist a long time 
without any food. They never swallow all 
=: liquor which they take for drink ; a part of 
always falling back through the nostrils. 
. r.ey generally sleep during the dav, .and 
move about in the night. They run so slowly, 
fiiat a man may easily overtake them in an 
•ncn field. Their flesh, though it's taste be 
v disagreeable, is eaten by the savages." 
[n Bolton's Supplement, among other par- 
iiculars, the chief of which are adopted in 
Pennant's accoiinr, he iTientions that Messrs. 
Aublet and Olivier had assured him, that the 
Great Ant-Eater feeds by means of it's tongue 
only; which is covered with a viseous hu- 
j^mour, to which the insects adhere: and these 
! gentlemen add, that it's flesh is not bad, 
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