Transcript Peter the Anteater

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!
4-6’ 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.jpg
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.