The Mystery of the Immaculately Conceived Baby Anteater

[BlueGin]

Artificial insemination. That's what I think. Armani broke out the turkey baster.

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Staffers at a zoological conservation center in Greenwich, Conn., are very confused — as are the rest of us — because their female giant anteater, Armani, has managed to conceive a baby, apparently without the presence of a male anteater.

It all started in August, writes Lisa Chamoff for Greenwich Time. Armani, an anteater at the LEO Zoological Conservation Center, had given birth to anteater baby girl Alice. Alice's father, Alf, was kept away from Armani and Alice because male anteaters have a bad history of committing infanticide. And then one April morning, a zoo staffer entered Armani's abode and found ... another baby. Chamoff explains, "The sudden appearance of little Archie was a surprise, to say the least. The gestation period for anteaters is six months. Armani and Alf had not been back together long enough to do what they needed to do to put the cycle of life into gear a second time."

The Mystery of the Immaculately Conceived Baby Anteater

 

[dilloduck]

A woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do.

 

[BlueGin]

A woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do.

Where there is a will...there is a way

 

[Noomi]

Good grief. Obviously it didn't become pregnant on its own.