It’s National Aardvark Week! Aardvarks are omnivores, but mainly dig into ant and termite mounds and lick up bugs with their long tongues. They can eat 50,000 ants in one night! Their tough skin protects them from the bug bites while eating. Here at the zoo, Aayla receives insectivore food (similar to dog food) insects and she also gets avocado as a treat! | Henry Vilas Zoo

What do you do when you find a log full of ants? You give it to your aardvark friend Leia of course! Aardvarks are known for eating ants and termites. Aardvarks use their amazing sense of smell to find ants and termites in the wild. When they find a colony of ants or termites they use their powerful claws and strong legs to dig up the insects. An aardvark can dig 3-4 feet into the ground in only 5 minutes! 📹: Animal Care Staffer Kait | Audubon Zoo

Aardvark dad joke anyone..? Aardvarks can eat up to 50,000 insects in a single night, and although almost all of their diet is made up of ants or termites, they do actually eat a single type of fruit. The aardvark cucumber is completely reliant of aardvarks to spread and re-bury their seeds, and it’s the only cucumber species to fruit underground. This plant is thought to be why aardvarks are the only mammal which feed on ants and termites that have retained functional cheek teeth. The cucumbers