This week’s Monday morning aardvark fact is:

The aardvark was popularized in the children’s cartoon, The Ant and the Aardvark, which aired 1967 to 1971.

This week’s Monday morning aardvark fact is:

The aardvark likes to eat ants.

This week’s Monday morning aardvark fact is:

The aardvark is a rather quiet animal. However, it does make soft grunting sounds as it eats.

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This week’s Monday morning aardvark fact is:

The name “aardvark” originated from earlier Afrikaans, meaning ‘earth pig’ or ‘ground pig’.

This week’s Monday morning aardvark fact is:

The aardvark is a medium sized (105 – 130cm) burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to the continent of Africa.