All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . A PIKE SEIZING A MOOR-HEN. THE The Aardvark is a true ant-eater and lives in South Africa. This ani-mal is not often seen, for it rarely comes out before nightfall. Its claws arevery powerful, and are used in digging up ants, upon which it feeds, also inmaking the huge burrow in which it lives. Many writers have given accounts of this strange creature, but much ofthe information must be fiction. Although the aardvark is quite large, it hasno means of defending itself except with its claws. These, of course, arevery dangerous, but, owin
All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . A PIKE SEIZING A MOOR-HEN. THE The Aardvark is a true ant-eater and lives in South Africa. This ani-mal is not often seen, for it rarely comes out before nightfall. Its claws arevery powerful, and are used in digging up ants, upon which it feeds, also inmaking the huge burrow in which it lives. Many writers have given accounts of this strange creature, but much ofthe information must be fiction. Although the aardvark is quite large, it hasno means of defending itself except with its claws. These, of course, arevery dangerous, but, owing to the animals short reach, they can only be usedwhen the enemy is close to it. The aardvark depends mainly for safety uponits ears. Directly it hears a suspicious noise it slinks quietly away. It is acurious fact that the aardvark moves very silently for so large an animal. Itis said that one of these creatures will pass quite close to a man without hisbeing aware of it. Its nose is very sensitive, and when attacked its firstinstinct is to tuck its head in between its fore-legs, so
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