The Animal Blog

Normally this post would just be in celebration of the newborn anteater at the Denver Zoo, but it got me to thinking...

The picture above was taken by the Denver Zoo. This newborn anteater baby named Camilo was born approximately six weeks ago and was recently unveiled to the public.

From the article:

"Baby anteaters typically ride on their mother's back for most of their first year of life, aligning their markings with their mother's, in order to fool predators."

After looking from the picture, I thought to myself, "We do this exact same thing. It must have come from the anteaters!"

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

And case in point:

• "Baby anteaters typically ride on their mother's back for most of their first year of life" ... Check
  
• "aligning their markings with their mother's, in order to fool predators."...
  Example:
  Person 1: I want to take my baby outside, but I don't want anyone stopping to ask to hold him or touch him.
  Person 2: Put him in this baby backpack, people we'll think he's some books.

  ... Check.

Click on the link below for the Baby Anteater article from the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4075614#