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Aardvarks

Although sometimes referred to as an anteater, the aardvark is actually a different animal. Aardvarks are a nocturnal African mammal.

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Where do aardvarks live?

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Aardvarks live in central and southern Africa.

Do people eat aardvarks?

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yes, Lewis Nash eats them. He is a rare beast that lives in the jungle.

Where is an aardvark found?

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What does aardvark do?

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An aardvark is a nocturnal mismatched mammal that appears to have the snout of a pig, the ears of a rabbit, body of an ant eater, and the feet and tail of a kangaroo. Really quite an interesting creature and can nearly rival the platypus in it's oddities.

How are okapis and aardvarks alike?

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"Okapi" is simply the Japanese word for "aardvark." There are no discernible differences.

What is a young baby aardvark called?

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A baby aardvark is called a cub.

How much do aardvarks weigh?

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The aardvark is a medium-sized burrowing animal.

What is an aardvark's niche?

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Here this will explain exactly what a aardvark does; Aardvarks eat the termites and ant mounds as to limit the number of them.

Are there aardvarks in Florida?

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well I saw one during the day and something has been digging holes in the yard......it must have been someones pet it was crazy seeing it!!!!!!!!

Are aardvarks generall bold or are they shy animals?

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It depends on the position of the gorilla most gorillas fight for there top ranks. so it yet agian depends

What is the native continent of the aardvark?

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The koala is not a bear, but a marsupial. It is native to the continent of Australia.

Is an aardvark a secondary consumer?

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The aardvark is a secondary conumer.It is an omnivore.

What does an aardvark eat?

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Aardvarks eat termites, ants , and one kind of fruit,called an aardvark cucumber. The aardvark cucumber is also called an aardvark pumpkin. Aardvarks find a termite or ant nest by walking along,swinging its head from side to side. When it smells a concentration of ants or termites,it follows the scent to where the colony is,and then begins to dig into the nest with its powerful claws.After that, it licks up the insects with its tough tongue.They can eat up to 50,00 termites and/or ants in one night.
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How do aardvarks survive?

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Ardvarks sleep in the jungle outside, but in no caves.

How many children do aardvarks have?

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It is a mammal from Africa with four legs close to a anteater google aardvark and click on the title that only says aardvark and read about them there habbitat, what they eat and more you can seach olther cool animals to!

What is the color of an aardvark?

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An aardvark is normally a pale yellowish gray, although it may be stained various shades of earth colors depending on the soil in which it burrows.

Can aardvarks sing?

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Aardvarks can squeak but they choose not to. Instead of squeaking, which would attract their natural predators (wild boars and ocelots), they emit an incredibly low frequency sound undetectable by other animals. The aardvarks then use a fairly complex language to transmit messages.

What is the life span of aardvarks in captivity?

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over 24 years in captivity. i am not sure about in the wild.

How do you help endangered aardvarks?

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Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Superorder: Afrotheria

Order: Tubulidentata

Family: Orycteropodidae

Genus: Orycteropus

Species:O. afer

PHYSICAL CHARACTERRISTICS:

Aardvarks have elongated, or stretched-out, heads with a pig-like snout and tubular ears. Their muscular, arched bodies are protected by a thick, grayish brown skin that is covered with bristles. The front feet have four toes as well as sharp claws, while the back feet have five toes. The cone-shaped tail is short and tapered, smaller at the end. The long tongue is sticky to help catch insects

Aardvarks have elongated, or stretched-out, heads with a pig-like snout and tubular ears. Their muscular, arched bodies are protected by a thick, grayish brown skin that is covered with bristles. The front feet have four toes as well as sharp claws, while the back feet have five toes. The cone-shaped tail is short and tapered, smaller at the end. The long tongue is sticky to help catch insects. Adult aardvarks are 67 to 79 inches (170 to 200 centimeters) long and weigh anywhere from 88 to 143 pounds (40 to 65 kilograms).

The word aardvark means "earth pig" in Dutch. In addition to having a pig-like snout, this mammal resembles a pig in the way it uses its front feet to dig. Like the tail, the snout tapers at the end, and it has two nostrils that can be closed. Although the legs are short, they are powerful-strong enough to break through rock-solid termite mounds. The back legs are slightly longer than the front legs. Despite having soles on the hind feet, aardvarks move on their toes and use the front feet, with their long claws, for digging.

How fast does an aardvark run?

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Aardvark (orycteropus afer) also known as Earth Pig and Ant Bear run in a zigsag fashion to elude their enemies. Aardvarks are not fast runners but with their short powerful legs and long blunt claws they can quickly dig a defensive burrow.

What are facts about an aardvark?

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An aardvark's tongue can be up to 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) long and is sticky to help extract termites from their mound.

Their name comes from South Africa's Afrikaans language and means "earth pig."

They have very soft teeth, without hard enamel, and are a mammal with teeth that have no roots. The teeth grow and are replaced during the aardvark's whole lifetime.

Aardvarks bark and grunt. To call their babies, they often bark in a high-pitch.

Aardvarks eat termites,ants, and fruit that is found underground.

Are aardvarks meateaters?

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aardarks eat insects,inscets are animals, therefor aardvarks are carnivores.