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Not sure why. Maybe Pua wanted to be funny or she misses the feel of acidic ants and termites biting as she raids a nest. She pushed her bowl and cup of vinegar onto the floor then ran down and began to bath in it. She got herself soaked then when finished I gave her a real bath.
Hey it's me Pua mom let me have my own profile on Blogger. When I made my profile it let me make a wish list so if you click on my profile or this link you can see that. Why couldn't I find a man as an option for my wish? That's taking to long. I remind mom every night and I'm peeing in the yard to make it easier to find his way here.
I had lots of fun last night making mom run around. I found out I can climb in this one window and mom lets me then runs around the house and we meet at the door and I go back out. She was impressed I was so smart though don't know why. She should know I'm brilliant. I try to climb out that window sometimes when mom lets me sit there. The AC is in that window and I can climb down the support, but she wont let me. Well, when I was out I was sniffing around and remembered and climbed up and she opened the window and let me in.
I also had fun playing with her and even played with Grampa a bit. I was feeling pretty hyper. Oh mom even caught me a few flying termites. Those were great. It's not been a good year for bugs.
Okay here's some photos mom took.
Waiting for my blankets to wash
Pua ignores her rose - video
She likes roses but apparently wanted cheese instead this time
Oh boy, wormy apple!
Did you want something?
Sometimes when I peek in at her she has her arm draped over the middle or both paws folded over it with her head resting in them. Was trying to capture that.
Sleepy girl
Dirty yawn
She had been anting in the yard earlier
Striking a lovely pose
Tamandua tetradactyla longicaudata. Long-tailed tamandua
Range: GUYANA-PERU-BRAZIL
And she has such a lovely long tail too :)
Some grooming
Cough cough, pardon me
Silly girl was licking into her hand
Pua is bored - video
Coming down her tower - video
Pua and her toy wrench
The best humming bird shot
She's so brave will come with me sitting under it but had to move back a bit for her to feel safe with the camera pointed at her.
Trying to perch
Look at her gripping the little flower
Humming bird buzzing
Yummy apple
So was questioned on if tamanduas are really a nuisance. I remember that being the wording of the article on the study that capuchin monkeys and tamanduas were tied as most commonly killed as a nuisance animal. I swear I stumble across that article a lot but now that I need a link to it can't find it. I suppose one old study is not as important as more recent facts however.
So yes attitudes vary by region and in some areas tamanduas may be highly regarded but in other areas they are not. There are a lot more problems where wild is being taken over by urban. They are also killed on site by many believing that tamanduas kill dogs. They wander into homes, parks, and other urban areas, dig in the trash, captured in agricultural areas(they do love fruit and will dig up plants to get at bugs), and generally get themselves into trouble, a nuisance.
The stories below are from Brazil and not Guyana. In Brazil there are wildlife rescues and the zoo that takes these refugees. One person from Brazil once told me they had never seen a healthy tamandua in the wild. This is because healthy and adult ones know to avoid people and are very good at hiding. They radio tagged some tamanduas in one study and they considered themselves extremely lucky if they got to set eyes on one. Radio tagged so they knew where they were but still couldn't spot them. So it's no easy task to catch a wild anteater out in the jungle. A little easier to catch one that wandered into town.
found in a home
Found in ditch
Found in yard
Seriously they just walk in the yard and people freak and call firemen to deal with it.
Found in middle of freeway
