Aardvarks are ant-eating animals found in Africa. Ant-eating animals are toothless mammals that feed on thousands of ants, termites, and insect larvae on a daily basis. They are nocturnal animals; they dig holes during the day and forage at night.
The most noticeable feature of an aardvark is its long, extended pig-like snout. It is a good swimmer and can swim even in strong currents.
Though they have a poor sense of vision, they have a sharp sense of smell and hearing. An aardvark uses its front claws to pry open hidden insect colonies, and lap up the insects and the larvae with its long sticky tongue. With its strong claws, an aardvark can rapidly open a cement-hard termite mound! Its diet is made up of ants and termites.
At nights, an aardvark travels a distance of 10-30 kilometers in search of food. It moves in a zigzag fashion, occasionally stopping to sniff the ground with its snout.
Its keen hearing warns it of predators as well.
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