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AardvarkBy: Alexis Gomez
Many aardvarks look different from each other.
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Description
An aardvark is a mammal that live in Africa. They have very large ears and snouts. They have bad eyesight but excellent sense of smell. They are hairy. An aardvark is 5 to 6 feet long and it weigh 140 pounds. It has strong claws. Sticky saliva. A aardvark sleep in it burrow in the day.
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HabitatAardvark live in woodlands, the Africa savanna, desert, and scrub. Aardvarks live in a burrow they are in Africa south of the savanna desert and every so often they will dig a new one.
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DietA aardvarks diet is insects such as termite and ants. Aardvark hunt at night and break open termites mounds . They eat 50.000 insects each night. The termites stick to the aardvark’s tongue.
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Survival
They live 10 years in captivity. There predator are lion, leopards, pythons, hyenas, and humans.
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Other Facts
An aardvark is called an earth pig. It is good at digging with sharp claw. They have good hearing and good sense of smell.
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Conclusion
There no other animals quite like a aardvark.
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Bibliography
• Maddi gibbs, aardvark, 2011
• enchantedlearning.com
• Theanimalfiles.com