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     • An aardvark can eat as many as 50,000 ants or termites in a single evening. An aardvark eats its bugs whole, using a muscle in its stomach to chew and digest the ants and termites it consumes.
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   Do Aardvarks eat ants?

   • This is an incredibly useful tool as the aardvark eats. An aardvark’s tongue is its main weapon when it comes time to eat thousands of ants or termites at once. Their tongue is surprisingly sticky, and ants and termites don’t stand a chance if they get trapped in it. Aardvarks also hunt in a meandering sort of way.

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   Do Aardvarks eat termites?

   • The average Aardvark has been known to eat roughly 40 to 50 thousand ants or termites in a single evening. That’s a lot of bugs! While termites are known for eating through wood, they are also known to bite their predators. However, aardvarks are covered in very tough skin that protects them from the harsh bites from many many termites.

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   What do Aardvarks eat?

   • The aardvark excavates branching burrows, usually 2–3 metres long but sometimes up to 13 metres, with several sleeping chambers. It abandons old burrows and digs new ones frequently, which thereby provides dens used by other species such as the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). The aardvark’s diet consists almost entirely of ants and termites.

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   Why do Aardvarks eat African cucumbers?

   • Given that aardvarks live in a desert climate, they have adapted to receive most of their hydration and water needs from the insects they eat. This is why it is very important for an aardvark to eat an adequate amount of ants or termites in a single day. This may also be why aardvarks love African cucumbers.

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   Do aardvarks dig?

   • Aardvarks are renowned for their digging prowess, using their strong, shovel-like claws to excavate termite mounds and ant nests with remarkable speed and efficiency. Not only does this allow them to access an abundant food source, but it also provides an effective means of escape when threatened.

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   Why do Aardvarks eat at night?

   • The nocturnal feeding behavior of aardvarks aligns with the activity patterns of their primary prey, termites and ants, which are most active during the night. This adaptation helps aardvarks avoid competition for food resources and evade predators.

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   Dec 26, 2021 · An aardvark eats ants, termites, very few other insects, and African cucumbers. This makes an aardvark primarily an insectivore, with herbivore tendencies. The African cucumber that aardvarks love is also commonly known as the aardvark cucumber.

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   Nocturnal feeders, aardvarks subsist on ants and termites by using their sharp claws and powerful legs to dig the insects out of their hills. Aardvarks also dig to create burrows in which to live and rear their young.

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6. www.britannica.com › animal › aardvarkAardvark | Description, Diet, Habitat, & Facts | Britannica

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   Aardvark, stocky African mammal found south of the Sahara Desert in savanna and semiarid areas. The name aardvark—Afrikaans for ‘earth pig’—refers to its piglike face and burrowing habits. The aardvark’s diet consists almost entirely of ants and termites.

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   Jun 30, 2016 · Diet. Aardvarks also dig to get food. They dig into ant and termite mounds and lick up bugs with their long tongues. They eat almost exclusively ants and termites, though they sometimes...

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   What do Aardvarks eat? Aardvarks feed almost exclusively on ants and termites and are known to eat around 50,000 in one night. They can eat plants and often feed on an African cucumber known as the aardvark cucumber.

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   Most of an aardvark’s diet consists of ants and termites, making aardvarks more like anteaters than pigs. A single aardvark can eat 50,000 ants or termites in a single night! Habitat of the Aardvark. Aardvarks can be found in almost any habitat south of the Sahara Desert that has adequate insects to eat.

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    Feb 15, 2024 · But what exactly do aardvarks eat in the wild? Aardvarks eat mainly ants, termites, and sometimes fruits. They are nocturnal feeders, using their long, sticky tongues to capture these insects for food.