Show AARDVARK ARK EASILY OUTCLASSES MANAS MAN MANAS MANAS AS FAST DIGGER The aardvark whose aardvark whoso name comes i rom rom the Dutch and means menns earth g Is one of or the strangest of living extraordinary extraordinary In appear appear- nee lace In structure and In habits hays ays the Chicago Field Museum Sews Aardvarks arks are common through through- h. h mt ut southeastern Africa states Dr Wilfred H. H H Osgood curator of ot zoology at nt the museum They are arc bout the size of ot a n large fat hog neigh up to lW pounds and have bare a pig like e snout which accounts for forthe forthe fortie the tie name given them by the early Dutch Dotch colonists In South Africa That chat they are so abundant over so wide olde a range of or territory can grow 0 o such sueh such large large size as ns Individuals on ont t diet of ants exclusively Is elo- elo luent evidence of the Uie prevalence of lOts ints In Africa and the problem the they resent to settlers Being nocturnal In habits and living Hv- Hv ng In burrows aardvarks are rarely seen een sa says s 's Doctor Osgood They cannot annot therefore be hunted like animals but Instead by the unusual un un- usual asual method of or seeking their burows burows bur bur- rows and dh digging In them out However Howver How- How ever ver this presents difficulties be- be ause an aardvark can dl dig faster Jian Ilan six men with shovels and thus I farther Into the earth The members of ot the C White Coats lats don ton Instead of digging directly after the aardvarks s pushed the earth lown sown behind them This Interfered sith further digging by the anima s a tad ind the men then dug In front of them hem cm and shot them through the round as ns their movement In the arch arth became visible The teeth of ot the aardvark have a n peculiar tubular structure most losely resembling those of ot certain fishes ashes This would seem to Indicate n a very ancient ancestry fur for these thes animals which are probably the last remnant of an order of which all aU other species are now extinct s. avant Doctor Osgood |