Tamanduas at the Houston Zoo (1968)

Duration: 1:18

Year Published: 1968

Sound: sound

Description: In this news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, a Houston Zoo keeper explains how to care for a baby southern tamandua. Also known as the collared or lesser anteater, southern tamanduas are a largely nocturnal species commonly found in South America. According to the Houston Zoo website, keepers continue to hold meet-and-greets with the animal in regularly scheduled “Tamandua Talks.”