World's strangest pet? American woman lives with anteater

telegraph.co.uk ^ | April 14, 2009

[Free ThinkerNY]

Dogs may be a man's best friend, but for one American woman only an anteater will do.

Angela Goodwin of Oakridge, Oregon shares her home with a Tamandua anteater called Pua. In deference to Pua's tropical origins, Ms Goodwin dresses her in jumpers to keep her warm in Oregon's cool climate.

"I started putting little sweaters on Pua and she didn't seem to mind so now she's got a whole wardrobe of clothes," she said.

Anteaters are known to be intelligent animals and, according to Angela, are extremely loving towards humans.

"They adapt very well on a personality level," said Ms Goodwin who is a freelance writer and exotic animal educator.

The pair are so close that mistress and anteater share a bed.

[KoRn]

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[al baby]

The pair are so close that mistress and anteater share a bed

When are they gonna wed?

[RckyRaCoCo]

"They can be trained to pee on a mat but their pee smells skunk-like and they can also release a terrible odour when scared" she said.

I always blame the cat too.

[Quix]

Interesting story.

Thanks.

[hosepipe]

OO..Ooooo.ooo.ooo.oO..oO... (hand in the air)-
(PERSONA: Horshack{welcome back Cotter})

[Secret Agent Man]

It’s a very pretty animal. Nice to hear they have personalities that can make it possible to have one as a pet.

[GSWarrior]

In before the....

[Onelifetogive]

World's strangest pet?

Maybe it's just me, but I suspect that the pet is less strange then the woman...

[JoeProBono]

Hmmmmm

[Onelifetogive]

then the woman...

"than the woman..." Seriously, it was a typo, I know the difference...really...

[Americanchild]

Hey it's Pua! I'm on her mailing list.

I've taken care of two of these as a zookeeper. They are the coolest animals ever, but they do smell and feeding them is very messy.

[djf]

Anteaters... are extremely loving towards humans.

Now, now!!

[Americanchild]

The pair are so close that mistress and anteater share a bed

Actually Pua usually sleeps in the washing machine--when it's not on of course!

[JoeProBono]

Hmmmmmmm.....

[vetvetdoug]

Anteaters in nature have very few, if any, predators. The hyocyanic acid in the ants concentrates in the meat of the anteater thereby making the muscle of the anteater inedible. Anteater’s kidneys also process the hyocyanic acid and are immune to the renal toxic effects of the chemical.

[djf]

This one looks ummmm...



Happy, doncha think???


All I know is the last time I looked like that, there was a blond gal involved...

[Redcitizen]

Termite Insurance

[Ann Archy]

Sleeps in the same bed???? OMG!! Women are so stupid!

[Harold Shea]

Was at the Nashville Zoo last week,they have one there,that tail is
unreal.It had everyone oohing and ahhing as it stretched and stuck
its tongue out.

The girl that cares for the anteater had a stainless steel water bowl
that had big holes in it,lots of holes where he played with it

[yazoo]

Personally, I’ve always wanted a hyena. Would chew up any pit bull that dared make a move on me.

[martin_fierro]

OH NO YOU DI’INT!

[JoeProBono]

Hmmmmm

[Americanchild]

The girl that cares for the anteater had a stainless steel water bowl that had big holes in it,lots of holes where he played with it

I don't think they could puncture stainless steel, at least the ones I took care of never did. In the wild they use the claws to tear up wood and termite mounds, looking for insects.

I never had any issue with the claws while holding them, though other people did. The female would only dig in if something scared her, but I only had to tell her to stop and she would. The male had a tighter hold, but he would listen to me too. Good little anteaters!

[Slings and Arrows]

The Gorton's Fisherman never forgave his doctor for the bungled nose job.

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[rmlew]

1. So many wrong things went through my mind. Just look at the animals....
2. Anyone else remember the old cartoon "The Ant and the Aardvark". I keep hearing Jackie Mason's voice.

[a fool in paradise]

The pair are so close that mistress and anteater share a bed.

Does he eat crackers in bed? How about crabs?

[a fool in paradise]

Sleeps in the same bed???? OMG!! Women are so stupid!

How about a woman with an aardvark?