Diet A numbat’s diet consists exclusively of termites. If they happen to eat an ant or another type of insect it’s because the trespassing insect was in the way when the numbat’s tongue was grabbing for termites underground. Numbats eat 20,000 termites per day. When a numbat eats 20...
World Numbat Day is a holiday that celebrates the unique mammal emblem of Western Australia and encourages conservation efforts. The founder and origins of the day are still unknown. The numbat, also known as banded anteater or walpurti, is an insectivorous marsupial. Its diet consists almost exc...