The anteaters long snout may have grown overtime because of evolution to suit the anteater for survival purposes.
Micro organisms can :
spoil and damage the food,
change the taste of food,
colour of the food.
All of the above.
Water is essential, you can only survive an average of 3 days without it. (some people have survived for longer though.)
Water is important for shipping and trade, because, ships. They go across water. Trade happens. It's hard to fit a lot in airplanes and you have to monitor it's weight slowly. Across land, it's also hard to fit a lot in random trucks driving across what was an ocean. (it would also be much more tedious) It's also one of the cheapest ways.
It is, I guess. There is a high demand for water, and a limited amount as well. It would also be profitable because you can get water easily, or something. (I don't really know for this one but the other two are true so I guess you can't select two so yeah.)
B. Gases because it increase by less
Based on their cell type, their ability to make food, and the number of cells in their bodies.