Example of Insectivorous Animals

They are called as insectivorous animals to the animals that they feed exclusively on insectsAlthough this does not mean that they do not consume other foods, but their diet is mainly insects.

These animals can be of different species or cataloged in different varieties:

• Mammals
• Insects
• Reptiles
• Amphibians

Thus, insectivorous animals developed a way of taking advantage of the protein of insects and their bodies have even obtained different forms to be able to reach them.

Example of insectivorous animals:

Monkey aye aye

This monkey is a relative of the lemur and is found exclusively in Madagascar, where it lives among the trees, in addition this monkey has special natural tools such as:

• A specialized ear that allows you to hear the larvae inside the trees.
• A nose that allows you to find them.
• A denture that allows you to open and break the bark of trees.
• A long, thin finger with a sharp nail with which it extracts them.

Anteater

The anteater, this bear is the familiar animal of bears, it has its body adapted to be able to consume ants:

• Large claws that allow it to scratch the ant hills.
• A long snout that allows you to tuck it into the ant hills
• A long, round, sticky tongue.

It requires a very high number of ants and termites, which allows it to have large dimensions of around 140 in length and allows it to have a very high strength.

Its habitat includes desert places, steppes, forests and meadows where ant hills are found, having the ability to remove insects from rotten trees.

This bear is the animal that lives with the lowest body temperature, and to compensate it has a very fluffy tail, which It allows you to conserve heat, plus it hibernates for a long time to consume the fewest calories.

Chameleon

The chameleon is a reptile that feeds exclusively on insects, the variety of insects it consumes is very high, encompassing almost any insect in its natural habitat and in captivity, it feeds on crickets and flies.

The body of the chameleon has adapted to be able to consume and hunt insects, which is why it can:

• Change color, as it can camouflage itself by adapting to its environment.
• You can rotate the view independently and your view spans 360 °.
• It developed a long, sticky tongue with a suction cup on the tip, which improves the grip of insects.

Common lizard

Lizards have the ability to consume insects, on some occasions they eat rabbits of mouse, when they come across a nest, but in general their feeding is exclusively insectivorous.

They have a sticky tongue and can be stretched.

Their movements are fast and they can wait for a long time for their prey to come within reach.

Spiders

Spiders are mostly insectivorous animals, only some tarantulas are capable of consuming small rodents and there are some spiders that are capable of tiny weights.

In order to marry insects, spiders have developed various abilities:

• Spider web, this is an instrument used to weave spider webs, which are traps for them to stick together insects, as well as being extremely sticky, and as strong as a steel wire of the caliber of the spiderweb.
• Their venom, this is a necessary hunting medium, is injected into insects to be able to suck their fluids while they are alive.

Scorpions

Scorpions are another type of arachnid, their diet is basically insectivorous, but they sporadically eat small rodents, spiders and other scorpions.

In order to hunt their food, they have two pincers and a stinger with poison, which are enough to subdue any prey.

Rodents

There are a series of rodents that are basically insectivorous, they are called micro mammals and they are small shrews that have a poison in their saliva, which stuns insects and beetles so they can consume them.

• Mouse common
• Shrew
• Bat (flying rodent has an exclusively insectivorous variant)
• African porcupine (It is classified as a rodent and consumes insects as well as plants)
• Prairie dog (It is a rodent and supplements its diet with insects)
• Moles (they feed on worms and insects)

Insectivorous birds

Insectivorous birds are birds that do not have a well-developed digestion to consume seeds, and are made up of birds such as:

• Woodpecker.
• Robin.
• Magpies (in some varieties).
• Blackbird.
• Larks
• Gray flycatcher.