College Park Students
Learn about
Peter the Anteater

What is a Mascot?
• What is the
College Park mascot symbol?
This is the UCI symbol:
“Peter the Anteater”

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.

With Peter’s help, UCI is often the “Winner”!
Men’s Volleyball team won the NCAA
National
Championships
Women’s Golf team went to the National
Championships
And you are a winner too!
UCI Cool Notes

The Giant Anteater is the inspiration for Peter’s shape.
Giant Anteater in a
Grassland
Peter the Anteater at UCI

The Symbol of Peter is based the Giant Anteater
Order: Edentata (without teeth)
Two-foot long tongue
Eats ants & termites, 30,000 per day!
46’ long
65-140 pounds www.maiaw.com

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 http://www.naturetrek.co.uk/newsletter/images/GiantAnteaterPeterPrice
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Can you see the baby anteater riding on his mother’s back?

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

You can see the Giant Anteater at the Santa Ana Zoo: “Tierra de las
Pampas” (grasslands)
Map of the Santa Ana Zoo

Giant Anteater Sculpture at UCI
This is the anteater sculpture at UCI
1987, 350 pounds bronze, artist Bill Fitzgerald

“Peter’s Pals”: UCI Students
Here you can see how much UCI students love their mascot.
Now you are a “Peter
Pal” too!
UCI Admissions

What did we learn today?
I am Peter the Anteater’s 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 “Peter’s 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 Anteater’s 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 Anteater’s Pal every day!
Zot! Zot! Zot!

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.