SNUFF-SLURP
Anteater
A vacuum cleaner with wrecking-ball claws.
MEET THE FIGHTERS
Anteater vs Okapi
Tonight's science rumble is set in the picnic meadow, sandwiches evacuated. No snacks were harmed.
Anteater
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
The tongue can be 60 cm long and flick 150 times a minute.
Ants and termites. Tens of thousands a day. They do not chew; they slurp.
Okapi
Okapia johnstoni
An okapi's tongue can be 45 cm long and is often dark, like a giraffe's.
Leaves, fruit, and fungi. A long tongue steals lunch from thorny branches.
Who do YOU think wins?
CHUFF-BLEAT
Okapi
A forest giraffe in zebra socks.
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