Baby Giant Anteater Born At Sweden Zoo (VIDEO)

Sweden's Parken Zoo welcomed a baby giant anteater last month.

The male baby is the first giant anteater to be born in a zoo in Sweden, and has yet to be named.

In the video from msnbc.com, the baby crawls onto his mother's back. He will spend most of his first year cuddled in his mother's pelt, as it keeps him camouflaged and protected from potential predators.

According to Reuters, although anteaters don't have any teeth, they posses the world's longest tongues, which can reach up to two feet in length. They use these tongues to eat ants and termites.

Parken Zoo's new little guy will be slurping up ants in no time!

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Comments

[rbenjamin]

08:53 AM on 01/18/2011

He's cute, but not Paris Hilton carries one in her handbag cute.

[ZubinTomato]

03:03 PM on 01/16/2011

I guess when anteaters get it on, the foreplay is outstanding!

[f8doggie]

11:22 AM on 01/16/2011

And he shall be named "Slurpie," and he shall be cute...

[mistykane]

08:07 AM on 01/15/2011

He's so cute. He didn't look like he was just born though. Maybe they're like guinea pigs and come out looking like mini versions of the mother.

[ScottSutton]

09:53 AM on 01/15/2011

It was probably in a private enclosure for a few days or weeks before they released this.

[ScottSutton]

07:14 AM on 01/15/2011

Are they friendly?

[toomany]

08:46 AM on 01/15/2011

They can easily rip your stomach open with their front leg claws but they wont attack you unless you attack them. They feed only on termites and ants.

[ScottSutton]

09:51 AM on 01/15/2011

Scary. I found some cute videos of rescued babies and normal sized Anteaters playing with keepers. But no Giant Anteater videos, so maybe they're more timid.

[PerryLogan]

07:00 AM on 01/15/2011

"Adorable giant anteater" is an unexpected phrase. Like "vacant interlunar cave."

[peacekitten]

03:00 AM on 01/15/2011

he's as cute as can be.

there is absolutely nothing better than seeing the innocence of a new life seeing the world for the first time.

he's absolutely precious.

[realitytrumpsbull]

12:57 AM on 01/15/2011

Can you imagine having something like that as a house pet? o0(Hey! Get OUT of my top ramen, dammit! Nevermind. Here, you can have the entire bowl, I'll make more...)

[brooklyncitizen]

11:47 PM on 01/14/2011

little guy not so cute.and that camoflouge thing is kind of weak.

[Weirdo]

11:04 PM on 01/14/2011

Seriously, it's not adorable.

[comment from grandpa]

08:37 AM on 01/15/2011

A face only a mother could love.............

[plzchuteme]

09:28 AM on 01/15/2011

Jeeez! What is your problem? Still steamed about your barren dance card from the Giant Anteater's Ball?

[Weirdo]

10:58 AM on 01/15/2011

How I was left to awkwardly stand along the wall by myself that night has nothing to do with it. I'm serious. It really doesn't. I'm over it. I almost never think about it anymore.

[Blodo]

10:59 PM on 01/14/2011

Wonder if he ever gets the sniffles?

[Gin1234]

09:58 PM on 01/14/2011

What's with the long face?

[RButler]

03:17 AM on 01/15/2011

Stop. You're killing me. 

[Duke1225]

09:24 PM on 01/14/2011

awww!

[tyger]

09:23 PM on 01/14/2011

A face only a mother could love. So cute

[Mr Vegetarian NY]

09:11 PM on 01/14/2011

Snookie had a baby?