Zoo’s romantic dinner for ‘unusual couple’ features a bug-filled piñata, TikTok shows
Picture this: You’re at a romantic restaurant with your soulmate on Valentine’s Day. The server brings out a tray and your mouth starts to water.
Then he lifts the lid to reveal it’s crawling with bugs.
It’s probably a nightmare to you — but a dream date for anteaters like Pablo and Raya.
The Drusillas Park zoo in Sussex, United Kingdom, put on a special date for their “unusual” anteater couple. It featured a heart-shaped piñata full of insects.
A video of staff prepping the piñata went viral on TikTok, receiving more than 4.6 million views as of Feb. 14.
“Happy Val-ant-tines day,” the zoo joked in its video.
The long-nosed couple managed to pry open the piñata with their snouts before heading into their den for some “flirt” time, the zoo said.
“I was so scared until I realized it’s for anteaters,” one person said.
“‘Special heart piñata full of bugs’ is on my list of sentences that I have never (heard) before and are equally terrifying,” another commented.
Anteaters can eat up to 30,000 ants and termites a day and their tongues measure up to nearly 20 inches long, according to Drusillas Park. They are considered a rare species.
This story was originally published February 14, 2023 at 1:07 PM with the headline "Zoo’s romantic dinner for ‘unusual couple’ features a bug-filled piñata, TikTok shows."
