Show AARDVARK EASILY OUTCLASSES MAN MANAS MANAS AS FAST DIGGER The whose aardvark whose name comes come from the Dutch and means earth pi pig Is one of or the strangest of ln living i extraordinary extraordinary In appearance appear appear- ance nce In structure and In habits says ys the Chicago Field Museum Newt lW J Aardvarks are common through through- nit Jut ut st southeastern rn Africa states Dr II Osgood curator of nt at the museum They are shout hom the size of a large fat ho huh up to 1 0 pounds pound and anti ha haa have a like pig-like pig snout which accounts for forthe forthe forthe the name given th them m hy by the early Dutch colonists In South Africa That they are arc so abundant over o-er so wide I a range ranc of or territory can grow to such large e size as ns Individuals ont on t diet of ants exclusively Is elo elo luent evidence nce of the prevalence pre or of ants In Africa and the problem they present to settlers settlers Being nocturnal In habits and liv- liv living In ing In burrows aardvarks are rarely teen een sa says s 's Doctor Osgood They therefore be hunted lilt like most animals but Instead by hy the un- un un-asuni un asual method of or seeking their burrows bur bur- burrows burrows rows and digging them out How Ilow- Howver vcr ver this presents difficulties he- he henuse be because cause ause an nn nard ark can dig faster than six men with shovels and thus escape farther Into th the earth The members of the White-Coats White expedition expedition tion Ion Instead of or dIlu digging directly after the aardvarks pushed the earth lown Jo behind them This Interfered with further digging by bS the anima s 8 md and the men then dug In front of hem and shot them through the round round as their movement In the earth became visible The teeth of the aardvark have hn a peculIar tubular structure most closely resembling those of certain ashes shoo This would seem to Indicate th a It very Tory ancient ancestry for fur animals which are probably the last remnant of nn an order of which all other species are now extinct liven avers a er Doctor Osgood |