This summer, insects will be infesting the Knoxville Zoo's Pilot Traveling Exhibit Center for a special exhibit beginning April 7 and continuing through September.
Insects serve as a food source for thousands of species of animals.
In addition, the exhibit will include mammals, birds, reptiles and plants that find insects irresistibly tasty. Three-toed sloths will be hanging around in the exhibit. They do most things upside down, including eating and sleeping. Tamanduas will also be in the exhibit, and they are bear-like creatures that move with ease from limb to limb, anchoring themselves to the tree by wrapping their long, powerful tail around branches. Tamanduas also use their long tongue when catching ants inside small holes.