Sometimes called an "antbear" in its native Africa, its name actually means "Earth Pig" in Dutch. However, the aardvark is not related to bears, pigs, or the naked mouse featured previously, despite some outward resemblance. Aardvark's are classified in their own order, Tubulidentata, which references the unique tubular structure inside their teeth. Living on a diet of termites and ants, humans hunt antbears because they look so delicious...
2 Day Old Baby Aardvark
6 Week Old Baby Aardvark
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Ernest, the purple aardvark
Had a long and hairy nose
And if you ever saw it,
You would really say "Boy I bet you could eat some ants with that thing..."
I couldn't resist stealing this image from Zooborns for my weekly dose of cute:
They look like they are made of plasticine!
awww! i love aardvark's i acctualy have a baby one his name is haloo-loo
they are so adorable