Barry Kevin O'Rourke is an experienced Guyana executive who directs S.A.B. Mining, where he oversees operations focused on discovering and extracting diamond and gold resources. One of Barry Kevin O'Rourke’s passions is exploring the various facets of nature of the tropical South American country.

One of the unique endangered species of Guyana is the giant anteater, which can grow as big as eight feet and is the largest of four species of anteater. Feeding on ants and termites, the anteater has relatively poor sight and hearing, but an extremely well-developed sense of smell.

The brown-coated insectivorous mammal has a lengthy snout and no teeth. Instead, it has a tongue that is two feet long. The tongue is attached to the sternum and can flick in and out as many as 150 times a minute. This enables the anteater to rip apart the nests of prey. Sticky saliva coats the tongue during feeding, and its highly developed sense of smell allows it to identify the exact species of termite or ant, even before beginning to dine.

A solitary animal that rarely vocalizes, the anteater has a slow, shuffling gait, but can gallop as fast as 30 miles an hour and swim and climb when necessary. The giant anteater also possesses powerful claws, which it uses for defense.