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Show a very ancient ancestry for I hoso animals, which are prnl):iliy the last renin; n t of an order of which nil other species are now extinct, avers Doctor Osgood. AARDVARK EASILY OUTCLASSES MAN AS FAST DIGGER The aardvark whoso name conies from the 1 Hitch and means "earth pip:.'' is one of the strangest of living mammals extraordinary hi appearance, appear-ance, in structure, and in habits, s.iys the Chicago Field Museum News. Aardvarks are common through-ont through-ont southeastern Africa, states Pr. Wilfred II. Osgood, curator of zoology at the museum. They are about the si:'e of a large fat hog, weigh up to 1."0 pounds, and have a pig-like snout, which accounts for the name given them by the early Hutch colonists in South Africa. That they are so abundant over so wide a range of territory, can grow-to grow-to such large size as individuals on a diet of ants exclusively, is eloquent elo-quent evidence of the prevalence of ants in Africa, and the problem they present to settlers. Being nocturnal in habits and living liv-ing In burrows, aardvarks are rarely seen, says Hector Osgood. They cannot, therefore, be hunted like most animals, but instead by the unusual un-usual method of seeking their burrows bur-rows and digging them out. However, How-ever, this presents difficulties because be-cause an aardvark can dig faster than six men with shovels, and thus escape farther into the earth. The members of the 'White-Coats expedition, expedi-tion, instead of digging directly after the aardvarks, pushed the earth down behind them. This interfered with further digging by the anima s, nnd the men then dug in front of them and shot them through the ground as their movement in the jarth became visible. The teeth of the aardvark have a peculiar tubular structure, most closely resembling those of certain fishes. This would seem to indicate |