Measuring about four to six feet long, the aardvark is one of the amazing animals in the animal’s world. The aardvark commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa is a mammal that lives in the ground and eats mainly ants and termites.
Aardvark is an omnivorous animal whose name comes from the Afrikaans language, which literally means “earth pig” as it resembles like a domestic pig with a long snout. Nevertheless, the aardvark is not like a pig in any manner.
As aardvarks are nocturnal, they sleep during the hot afternoon holed underground and only come out for food after the dark. The aardvarks use its strong claws to dig for shelter during the day. During the night, it uses its claws to rip open nest of ants and termites before using its long and sticky tongue to catch these little creatures. An aardvark could consume up to fifty-thousand insect in a day. To meet its diet, aardvarks travel miles to search for food. As the aardvark moderate length limbs are specialize for digging, it takes only a few minutes for an aardvark to dig a deep hole and escape from predators like lions and warthogs. 
The aardvark has other features including rabbit like ears. It has a thick skin that protects it from insect bites and its body is sparsely covered a thin coat of hair. Although the aardvark has much resemblance with other animals in the animals’ world, it is not related with any of them. The aardvark is the only living member of the order Tubulidentata. It is not a fierce animal but it rolls on its back and uses its claws to defend itself when attacked.
Living in the animal’s world requires specialization for survival. As the aardvark has poor eye sight, it relies mainly on its sense of smell and hearing for survival.
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