Photographing the Aadvark, Walk with Aardvarks, Tswalu Kalahari South Africa

Aardvarks are found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The aardvark’s name comes from the Afrikaans/Dutch language and means "earth pig,"
Aardvarks are the only surviving species of their order.
Only the aardvark survived extinction among the Tubulidentata family,
Aardvarks “chew” with their stomachs.
Aardvarks have the strongest sense of smell of all animals.
It is not closely related to pigs or South American anteaters.
It is closely related to tenrecs, golden moles, and elephant shrews.
Aardvark is the first word in the English dictionary.
Aardvarks are digitigrades, meaning they walk on their toes, and not on the soles of their feet.
They can eat 50,000 to 60,000 ants and termites in one night.
Aardvarks are good swimmers.
Aardvarks have four toes on the front feet and five toes on their back feet.
Skilled diggers, an aardvark can dig up to 2 f (.6 m) in 15 seconds, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.
Only in 2017 scientist discovered that they drink water directly so im glad i have an image showing one drinking.

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