Talk:Giant anteater

message: While instances of both words being capitalized can be found on the Internet, the Encyclopedia Britannica, as well as specific zoos, seems to tend to prefer to leave "anteater" uncapitalized, so I propose moving the page to Giant anteater. 
CopaceticThought (talk) 06:44, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Support per guidelines and per Talk:Malagasy Civet. Srnec (talk) 03:11, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Does WP:MAMMAL have any authority over article titling? Or any authority at all? Srnec (talk) 05:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As much as I disagree with what it says, I would say that it does in this case. CopaceticThought (talk) 07:48, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Capitalization

message: Are giant anteaters the largest insectivorous animals on Earth?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.83.145.65 (talk) 13:16, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: here's a hint: larger animals with insectivorous tendencies -- usually mammals -- tend to be termite- and ant-eaters, or "myrmecophagous". try looking under that category. (you're welcome! ;-) ) - Μετανοιδ  (talk, email) 08:40, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest insectivorous animals? 

message: "An anteater instead crushes insects it consumes using hard growths found on the inside of its mouth, and its flabby stomach."
If the hard growths are found on the inside of its mouth and on the inside of its flabby stomach, then the comma should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosekelleher (talk • contribs) 19:03, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ambiguous wording 

message: That pic is confusing, it looks like a Panda is infront of the Anteater. What am I seeing?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.233.9 (talk) 10:25, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed the same thing. If it's ok I'll go ahead and switch it to a less confusing image. Shawnc (talk) 01:18, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm changing it back. The replacement image is of very low quality. I didn't find the previous image confusing at all. LittleJerry (talk) 02:53, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The image is confusing as presented. There are two animals present. Are both anteaters? Everyone knows what an anteater looks like, of course - in which case the image is unnecessary. If everybody doesn't know what an anteater looks like, then how do they know which of the animals is the anteater? At least the caption should be changed to indicate which is which. 2A00:23C8:A20:1E01:A4F:FCB1:70C5:A90C (talk) 07:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There is only one animal in the image. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:30, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article picture 

message: The name M. jubata is used in some texts, e.g. Cott 1940, for the "Brazilian Anteater".  Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:32, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Added. LittleJerry (talk) 20:26, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Synonym

message: The content is:
An anteater spends one minute on average feeding at a nest, visiting up to 200 nests in one day and consuming as many as 300,000 individuals.[16] 
I tried searching the original reference, but it is not available online.  However, all the other sites I checked listed numbers closer to 30,000.  For example:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giant-anteater.html - " But their long tongues are more than sufficient to lap up the 35,000 ants and termites they swallow whole each day."
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-anteater.html - "Giant anteaters have no teeth but a specialized tongue that allows them to eat up to 30,000 ants and termites each day."
http://www.theanimalspot.com/giantanteater.htm "As their name suggests, giant anteaters mostly feed on ants. They will also dine on other insects, including grubs and termites. A single anteater may eat as many as 30,000 ants per day."
Not sure what to do....
Rhbgames (talk) 06:00, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sounds as if you're right. The blog-type entries are not reliable enough for Wikipedia, but the National Geographic article certainly is, so you should edit the article to update the fact. See WP:REFB for how to get started on references. I can do it for you if you're worried... Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:50, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fixed. It was a typo. LittleJerry (talk) 00:48, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  I think a key fact is wrong - giant anteaters eat closer to 30,000 insects per day - not 300,000 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Word should appear on page somewhere? Drsruli (talk) 17:56, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Should it? - UtherSRG (talk) 12:51, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  antbear 

message: Lots of sentences that seem to either be missing crucial words , are incomplete sentences , or use the wrong tense  Surfingtheinterweb (talk) 12:01, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you be specific? - UtherSRG (talk) 12:51, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: So far I found two . The first one is in characteristics and has an unnecessary 'is' in "… and small hump is protrudes behind the neck" . The second is in feeding anatomy and features what seems to be autocorrection error ? It is "The tongue can only move forward and backwards, due the tiny mouth." These are what I've found through my second skim right now  Surfingtheinterweb (talk) 10:40, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. LittleJerry (talk) 02:29, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar mistakes