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Imagine for a moment being in the faraway reaches of the Argentinean pampas. As you stroll through the lush grasslands a small herd of guanacos graze nearby while rheas strut casually across the plain. Ambling into view a giant anteater snuffles for termites. Before long this scene will be closer than a long airplane flight, as the Santa Ana Zoo presents Tierra de las Pampas.

The name comes from the Quechua Indian language meaning endless plain, and this new exhibit will be the expanded habitat for the zoo’s guanacos and rheas. But what makes this even more exciting is the addition of a pair of giant anteaters. One of nature’s most unusual creatures the giant anteater is universally popular with zoo visitors. Children in particular are fascinated by the anteater’s 18” tongue capable of slurping up 30,000 termites per day.

Construction has started and the exhibit will open in early 2010. Before long the zoo visitor will be transported into the midst of one of this planet’s endangered habitats to view animals increasingly threatened in the wild.

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The Giant Anteater Conservation Fund and donor form

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