TACOMA, Wash. — An eight-year-old tamandua (anteater) named Gonzo was captured by a keeper showing off its “incredible” 16-inch tongue at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington.

Ok, you probably won't die, but you WILL be struck by how ridiculously cute this long-snouted tamandua-also known as a "lesser anteater" (because it's smaller than its "giant anteater" relative)-is.

anteaters—which include the giant anteater, two species of tamandua, and seven species of silky anteater—must live where ants and termites are superabundant, and nowhere are they more abundant ...