College Park Students Learn about Peter the Anteater

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College Park StudentsLearn about Peter the
Anteater
Zot!
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What is a Mascot?

• What is the College Park mascot symbol?

This is the UCI symbol Peter the Anteater
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What does Peter the Anteater Mascot do?

• Peter the Anteater goes to the UCI games.
• Peter cheers for the UCI teams and greets the
  fans.
• Peter is friendly and happy.

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With Peters help, UCI is often the Winner!

• Mens Volleyball team won the NCAA National
  Championships
• Womens Golf team went to the National
  Championships
• And you are a winner too!

UCI Cool Notes
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The Giant Anteater is the inspiration for Peters
shape.
Giant Anteater in a Grassland
Peter the Anteater at UCI
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The Symbol of Peter is based the Giant Anteater
Order Edentata (without teeth) Two-foot long
tongue Eats ants termites, 30,000 per day! 4-6
long65-140 pounds
www.maiaw.com
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More about the Giant Anteater

• Habitat Grasslands from Southern Mexico to N.
  Argentina
• Habits Solitary and slow
• Behavior Digs for food, and defends himself with
  his long claws.
• Family Young live with the mother for about one
  year.

Photos Peter Price
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tAnteaterPeterPrice.jpg
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Can you see the baby anteater riding on his
mothers back?
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Peter the Anteater knows his Geography

• Can you see where the Giant Anteaters live on
  this map of the Americas?

Map of the Americas
theanteater.blogspot.com
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You can see the Giant Anteater at the Santa Ana
Zoo Tierra de las Pampas (grasslands)
Map of the Santa Ana Zoo
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Giant Anteater Sculpture at UCI
This is the anteater sculpture at UCI 1987, 350
pounds bronze, artist Bill Fitzgerald
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Peters Pals UCI Students

• Here you can see how much UCI students love their
  mascot.
• Now you are a Peter Pal too!

UCI Admissions
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What did we learn today?
I am Peter the Anteaters Pal and my name
is ___________________________________ We
visited UCI in 2010 and I Learned about Peter the
Anteater.  He is the UCI mascot, and now I want
to be one of Peters Pals.  Peter s shape is
inspired by the Giant Anteater. These anteaters
typically live in _________________________
____________________________. And now you can
see one right here in Orange County in the Santa
Ana Zoo. Today I learned that the Giant Anteater
weighs about __________________pounds, eats as
many as 30,000 ______________and ___________ per
day and has a tongue that is this many inches
long ____________________.  Peter the Anteater,
the UCI mascot, is really a student that wears a
costume that consists of ______________________and
a ________________________. Peter the Anteaters
main job is to go to all of the UCI
__________________. His job is to help
the ___________________ win. Some day I would
like to come back to UCI as a college student and
then I would be Peter the Anteaters Pal every
day! Zot! Zot! Zot!
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Drawing Coloring Peter the Anteater

• Lets brainstorm what you have learned about the
  Giant Anteater
• Then it is your turn to draw with the artist
  ant and then color Peter the Anteater any way
  you choose to.

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