Every year on the first Saturday of November, Marsupial Anteater Day or Numbat Day (World Numbat Day) is celebrated. Striped animals live in South Australia, eat termites and make shelters in fallen tree trunks. Anteaters have a very long sticky tongue, thanks to which they easily get insects. A sharp sense of smell allows animals to quickly find food. During the day, an anteater can feast on a huge number of termites – more than 20,000 insects.

Currently, the population of marsupial anteaters has significantly decreased due to the destruction of animals by foxes. So recently they are found mainly in Western Australian regions. Nambats are listed in the Red Book as endangered animals. Marsupial Anteater Day is celebrated in order to draw the attention of the world community to the need to preserve and increase the population of the Australian endemic.