Some animals have an amazing tongue. It may be forked, sticky or just incredibly long. Tongues can be used for digging insects from the ground or grabing leaves and branches.
ECHIDNAS, or spiny anteaters, live in Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. They have small nostrils and a tiny mouth at the end of their long, tube-like beaks. They eat ants and termites, which they catch with their long, sticky tongue.
The OKAPI is brown with a stripy rump and legs. It is related to the giraffe. A shy animal, it lives in the dense forests of the Aftrican congo and was only discovered in 1901. The okapi uses its long, black tongue to grab leaves and branches and pull them into its mouth.
The SUN BEAR lives in the forests of South East Asia. It likes to make its home high up in the branches of trees. The sun bear sleeps or sunbathes by day and hunts at night. It has long, curved claws, which it uses to dog for insects. It also pokes its long tongue into holes in rotten wood to catch insects or lick up honey.
FOUL FACT! If grabbed by the back of the neck, the sun bear can swivel its body around inside its loose neck skin to bite its attacker.
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