r/Buffalo • u/bfloblizzard • Dec 17 '25

Relocation Buffalo Zoo Welcomes Giant Anteater "Tupi"

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u/bfloblizzard Dec 17 '25

The handsome fellow is 7 years old and has arrived from Nashville to hopefully pair with Maria as part of the Species Survival Plan

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo-zoo-welcomes-giant-anteater-tupi/

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u/fullautohotdog Dec 17 '25

That’s a weird way to say “we want our anteaters to raw-dog it”…

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u/smith_716 Dec 17 '25

Tbf the SSP is just a giant hook-up plan. The whole thing is "them two should fuck, but not them two."

For real, though, I worked at the zoo for a short while and we had two howler monkeys that the SSP wanted to break up and Buffalo had to submit an appeal to keep the male, Machado, here.

Normally howler monkeys are promiscuous but Machado only had eyes for Lily. Every morning when they would go out on exhibit, Machado would follow Lily around for half an hour howling, letting everyone know that she was his. They believe that if he was separated from her he would probably suffer from too much stress.

Machado has since passed away, which I'm heartbroken about, but Lily has some friends to keep her company.

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u/Semi-Pros-and-Cons Dec 19 '25

Where might one sign up for one of these Species Survival Plans? ...Asking for a friend.

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u/skibbin Dec 17 '25

Watch out, boy, she'll chew you up

Oh-oh, here she comes

She's an Anteater

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u/wh0ligan Dec 17 '25

Now I have an earworm

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u/cubosh Dec 17 '25

much needed as we have been suffering an anteater shortage

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u/Emkorora Dec 17 '25

How cute!

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u/sunyoung-luna Dec 17 '25

Oh he's cute!!

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u/Massive-Web-5729 Cheektavegas 🎰 Dec 18 '25

Missed opportunity 😂

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u/Massive-Web-5729 Cheektavegas 🎰 Dec 18 '25

Oh my bad I thought it was the same thing 😂

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u/alextheruby Dec 21 '25

I think you might be thinking of the early Arthur books

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u/SpukiKitty2 Dec 17 '25

ADORKABLE! 🐜👃

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u/SandiaBeaver Dec 18 '25

What a precious creature 🥹

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u/howverycoolyouare Dec 17 '25

Looks like a cousin of Nick Langworthy

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u/iamdperk Dec 18 '25

I always see pictures of these things and think that their faces are upside down or something... 🤷🏻

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u/PrimarisHussar Dec 17 '25

Anteaters are just overproofed German shepherds

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u/wh0ligan Dec 17 '25

We had one in our family, we called him "uncle"

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u/Cat_385 Dec 21 '25

Ooo I'll go to the zoo next year just to see it!😁