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[ { "text": "The aardvark always exits its burrow head first,as shown here.", "source": "http://animalsbirds.com/aardvark-animal/" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark goes by a few different nicknames (‘anteater,’ ‘antbear,’", "source": "https://animalreview.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "When threatened, the anteater will stand on its back legs and strike out with its front legs.", "source": "https://www.activewild.com/anteater-facts/" } ]

[ { "value": "to dig for aardvark cucumbers", "type": "PURPOSE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks use their remarkable claws to dig for aardvark cucumbers, rip open termite mounds and ant hills, and also to dig long burrows where they sleep during the heat of the day.", "source": "https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Aardvark-facts.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark is an African mammal.", "source": "https://www.activewild.com/a-to-z-animals/" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark, despite appearing to be quite a shy and vulnerable animal, will attempt to defend itself using its sharp claws but is unlikely to be able to fight off a full-grown lion.", "source": "https://factsking.com/animal-facts/predators-of-aardvark/" } ]

[ { "value": "into central america", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Once the Isthmus of Panama formed about three million years ago, however, anteaters expanded their range into Central America as part of the Great American Interchange.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anteater" } ]

[ { "value": "with secretions from their anal glands", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Anteaters communicate their presence, status, and sexual condition with secretions from their anal glands.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_anteater" } ]

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[ { "text": "However, anteaters are clever; they know that if they destroy an entire anthill, they won’t be able to return to it in the future for another snack.", "source": "https://facts.net/nature/animals/anteater-facts" } ]

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[ { "text": "Anteater, (suborder Vermilingua), any of four species of toothless, insect-eating mammals found in tropical savannas and forests from southern Mexico to Paraguay and northern Argentina.", "source": "https://www.britannica.com/animal/anteater" } ]

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[ { "text": "They need to be able to wake up at the slightest sound so that they can protect themselves if necessary.", "source": "https://facts.net/nature/animals/anteater-facts" } ]

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[ { "text": "When you think of an anteater, a quirky-looking mammal with specialized attributes and adaptations for eating ants and termites probably springs to mind.", "source": "https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/anteater.htm" } ]

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[ { "text": "When an aardvark is attacked by a lion, hyena, or leopard, it finds a hole, or quickly digs one and hides in it for protection but if it can't dig a hole it fights back with all four feel and its tail", "source": "https://zootycoon.fandom.com/wiki/Aardvark" } ]

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[ { "text": "Using powerful limbs and claws, aardvarks tear apart concrete-hard termite mounds and lick up the inhabitants with their sticky, foot-long tongues.", "source": "https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/vertebrate-zoology/aardvark" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks are medium-sized mammals (weighing 110–175 pounds and up to 6.5 feet long) with a bulky body, arched back, medium-length legs, long ears (resembling those of a donkey), a long snout, and a thick tail.", "source": "https://www.thoughtco.com/aardvark-profile-129412" } ]

[ { "value": "due to the fact", "type": "CAUSE", "support": 1 }, { "value": "very seldom", "type": "DEGREE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Due to the fact that they spend the daytime hours hidden in the safety of their underground burrows, only emerging under the cover of night to hunt for food, aardvarks are very seldom seen by many people.", "source": "https://a-z-animals.com/animals/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Anteaters have developed a way of eating that enables them to eat thousands of ants a day without being bitten by these tiny creatures.", "source": "https://facts.net/nature/animals/anteater-facts" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks have peg-like molars and premolars, but no incisors or canines; the dental formula is 0/0 0/0 2/2 3/3.", "source": "https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Orycteropus_afer/" } ]

[ { "value": "with elephants", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 }, { "value": "with golden moles", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "However, the aardvark itself looks like a pig by its body and snout but they have some common ancestors with elephants and golden moles.", "source": "https://animalsfact.net/aardvark-know-7-facts-about-them/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Instead aardvarks use their sense of sense to help locate their next meal.", "source": "https://animalalmanacblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/animal-spotlight-aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks have small eyes and their retina only contains rods (this means they are color-blind).", "source": "https://www.thoughtco.com/aardvark-profile-129412" } ]

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[ { "text": "Despite being a medium-sized animal, aardvarks live in difficult conditions which makes them prone to being hunted by a wide range of different predators.", "source": "https://factsking.com/animal-facts/predators-of-aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks learn about predators, prey, extinction, domestic animals, wild animals, jungle animals.", "source": "https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks are solitary animals and communicate mostly by scent.", "source": "https://www.sanbi.org/animal-of-the-week/orycteropus-afer/" } ]

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[ { "text": "In order to avoid being bitten or stung excessively (despite their thick coats), after breaking open an anthill or termite mound, anteaters will only spend about a minute grabbing as many inhabitants as they can before moving on – and a Giant Anteater has to repeat this up to 200 times a day to get enough food to survive!", "source": "https://answersafrica.com/anteater-facts.html" } ]

[ { "value": "above ground", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Above ground, it spends majority of its time foraging for hundreds of thousands of ants and termites per night.", "source": "https://animalalmanacblog.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/animal-spotlight-aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks forage in a peculiar manner and zig zag across the veld plains smelling out columns of termites moving above ground.", "source": "https://www.hluhluwegamereserve.com/aardvark-facts-information/" } ]

[ { "value": "with their long, sticky tongues", "type": "MANNER", "support": 1 }, { "value": "from underground ant nests", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 }, { "value": "per night", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 }, { "value": "from the inland hills", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks, with their long, sticky tongues, kill up to 50,000 insects per night from the inland hills or underground ant nests.", "source": "https://alkomag.com/aardvark/" } ]

[ { "value": "usually", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks usually live into their upper teens or early twenties.", "source": "https://en.mimi.hu/animals/aardvark.html" } ]

[ { "value": "from the giraffes spring", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 }, { "value": "across", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "The aardvarks seem to enjoy eating avocados, one of their preferred treats, and can be seen sniffing and digging in their African Grasslands habitat across from the giraffes spring through fall.", "source": "https://detroitzoo.org/animals/zoo-animals/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "They weigh about 140 pounds (64 kg).", "source": "https://enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks are also fond of melons.", "source": "http://southafrica.co.za/aardvark.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "An anteater is nearly 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only an inch wide.", "source": "https://www.thefactsite.com/300-random-animal-facts/" } ]

[ { "value": "from the tip of the nose", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Anteaters can be small as a squirrel (silky anteaters) or 7 feet long, counting from the tip of the nose to the end of its tail (giant anteaters).", "source": "https://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/anteater_facts/50/" } ]

[ { "value": "in the air", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "They are such swift diggers, in fact, that if they catch a whiff of lion or leopard in the air they can dig a hole in a few seconds and dive out of sight of the potential predator before they are ever detected.", "source": "https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Aardvark-facts.html" } ]

[ { "value": "typically", "type": "DEGREE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks are typically 105 to 130 centimeters long.", "source": "https://kidskonnect.com/animals/aardvark/" } ]

[ { "value": "in the soil", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks dig temporary homes in the soil, once inside they cover themselves with soil.", "source": "https://moriti.co.za/aardvark-facts/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks dig burrows up to 13 cm long and have numerous little tunnels branching off the main one.", "source": "http://southafrica.co.za/aardvark.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "The name aardvark—Afrikaans for “earth pig”—refers to its piglike face and burrowing habits.", "source": "https://www.britannica.com/animal/aardvark" } ]

[ { "value": "on closer inspection", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "On closer inspection, the aardvark appears to include other animal features as well.", "source": "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks may help control termite and ant populations, which are pests to humans.", "source": "https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Orycteropus_afer/" } ]

[ { "value": "for much time", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvark can survive for much time without breathing.", "source": "https://www.interestingfactsfun.com/list-of-most-interesting-facts-about-the-aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark is considered a member of Africa mammal family and feeds on termites and insects.", "source": "https://www.auntyflo.com/magic/aardvark" } ]

[ { "value": "at a time", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 }, { "value": "usually", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks usually have only one offspring at a time.", "source": "http://tonsoffacts.com/30-fun-and-weird-facts-about-aardvarks/" } ]

[ { "value": "to catch their prey", "type": "PURPOSE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "They don’t need teeth because they use their tongues to catch their prey.", "source": "https://facts.net/nature/animals/anteater-facts" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks learn about predators, prey, extinction, domestic animals, wild animals, jungle animals.", "source": "https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/" } ]

[ { "value": "despite their name", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Despite their name, anteaters don’t only eat ants (and other small insects), they will also eat fruit if they find it on the ground; and all except the Giant Anteater will climb to find it as well; the Giants can’t follow that example", "source": "https://answersafrica.com/anteater-facts.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks are also threatened by humans who hunt them and destroy their natural habitats.", "source": "https://a-z-animals.com/animals/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks use their sharp claws and shovel-like paws to dig through termite hills.", "source": "https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-aardvarks/" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark can dig with great force and their dwellings can have up to 8 entrances and be as deep as 6 meters below the ground.", "source": "https://www.hluhluwegamereserve.com/aardvark-facts-information/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks may help control termite and ant populations, which are pests to humans.", "source": "https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Orycteropus_afer/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks have shovel-shaped claws for digging.", "source": "https://animalcorner.org/animals/aardvark/" } ]

[ { "value": "to feed", "type": "PURPOSE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "The insects can repair their damage quickly and the anteater is able to return to the nest to feed again.", "source": "http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-anteaters/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Anteaters exhibit a peculiar uneven gait to protect their 4-inch (10-centimeter) claws from wearing down.", "source": "https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/anteater-vs-aardvark1.htm" } ]

[ { "value": "for catching ants", "type": "PURPOSE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "The aardvark takes over an exterminator's job for catching ants.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Aardvark" } ]

[ { "value": "at night", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "It is nocturnal and does all its hunting and burrowing at night.", "source": "http://southafrica.co.za/aardvark.html" } ]

[ { "value": "at a time", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 }, { "value": "usually", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks usually have only one baby at a time.", "source": "https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-aardvarks/" } ]

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[ { "text": "When successful, the aardvarks long (as long as 30 centimetres) tongue licks up the insects.", "source": "https://animalcorner.org/animals/aardvark/" } ]

[ { "value": "like a pig", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Like a pig, an aardvark has short coarse hair.", "source": "https://facts4me.com/disp_subject.php?s_id=1790" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark weighs up to 65 kg (145 pounds) and measures up to 2.2 metres (7.2 feet) long, including the heavy, 70-cm (28-inch) tail.", "source": "https://www.britannica.com/animal/aardvark" } ]

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[ { "text": "Temporary burrows will be abandoned when aardvark leaves the territory where it was searching for the food.", "source": "https://softschools.com/facts/animals/aardvark_facts/115/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Anteaters from Venezuela have been recorded living in home ranges", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_anteater" } ]

[ { "value": "relatively", "type": "DEGREE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks are relatively large African mammals that roam much of the continent south of the Sahara.", "source": "https://animals.net/aardvark/" } ]

[ { "value": "south of the sahara desert", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks can be found in almost any habitat south of the Sahara Desert that has adequate insects to eat.", "source": "https://animals.net/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Due to spending most of its time digging around in the dirt, the aardvark takes on the colour of the ground where it lives.", "source": "https://www.wildcard.co.za/get-to-know-the-oddball-aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks start with the sea otter", "source": "https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Ocean-animals.html" } ]

[ { "value": "under the ground", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks have excellent hearing and their long ears allow them to hear tiny sounds, such as termites under the ground.", "source": "https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-aardvarks/" } ]

[ { "value": "in the late afternoon", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 }, { "value": "from its burrow", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 }, { "value": "after forages", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 }, { "value": "after sunset", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "An aardvark emerges from its burrow in the late afternoon or shortly after sunset and forages over a considerable home range covering 10 to 30 kilometres, swinging its long nose from side to side to pick up the scent of food.", "source": "https://animalcorner.org/animals/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "They usually come out only at night, when they begin searching for termites and ants, which are the major part of their diets.", "source": "http://animalia-life.com/aardvarks.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "An aardvark weighs about 50-82 kilograms and has a life expectancy of 23 years.", "source": "https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/animals-that-start-with-a.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "They need to be able to wake up at the slightest sound so that they can protect themselves if necessary.", "source": "https://facts.net/nature/animals/anteater-facts" } ]

[ { "value": "in the fall of 1971", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "When The Ant and the Aardvark first appeared on The New Pink Panther Show in the fall of 1971, the series became wildly popular, so much in fact that the duo became a featured part of the NBC series.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Aardvark" } ]

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[ { "text": "Another reason that aardvarks are important to their habitat is because a plant known as the aardvark cucumber relies on the long nosed mammal to spread it's seeds.", "source": "https://ypte.org.uk/factsheets/aardvark/keystone-species" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark is insectivorous, feeding almost exclusively on insects, but supplementing with the unusual aardvark cucumber, a curious subterranean fruit.", "source": "https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Aardvark-facts.html" } ]

[ { "value": "frequently", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "At night it travels 10–30 km (6–19 miles), ambling along familiar paths in a zigzag fashion, pausing frequently to sniff and press its snout against the soil.", "source": "https://www.britannica.com/animal/aardvark" } ]

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[ { "text": "It is characterized by non-functional, columnar cheek teeth, a long snout, large ears, a pig-like body, and powerful limbs and shovel-shaped claws for digging.", "source": "http://animalsbirds.com/aardvark-animal/" } ]

[ { "value": "in the ecosystem", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks play a vital role in the ecosystem as many other species prey on them and their burrow provides shelter to other animals such as African wild dogs.", "source": "https://animalcreativefacts.com/aardvark-vs-anteater/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Anteaters are generally solitary animals that defend their territory that extends from 1 to 1.5 mi2.", "source": "https://animalsadda.com/anteater/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks outside of reserves are threatened to become extinct because they are still hunted for medicinal use as well as bush meat.", "source": "https://ulovane.co.za/2017/ulovane-update-aardvark-cucumber/" } ]

[ { "value": "with its distinctive appearance", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 }, { "value": "with habits", "type": "OTHER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "With its distinctive appearance and habits, the anteater has been featured in pre-Columbian myths and folktales, as well as modern popular culture.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_anteater" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks are sneaky creatures.", "source": "https://www.inverse.com/article/32512-aardvark-drinking-water-spotted" } ]

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[ { "text": "They have many different types of habitats, including bushland, savannahs, Greenland’s, and they have also been spotted in mountain ranges.", "source": "https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/animals/aardvarks-facts.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark can dig with great force and their dwellings can have up to 8 entrances and be as deep as 6 meters below the ground.", "source": "https://www.hluhluwegamereserve.com/aardvark-facts-information/" } ]

[ { "value": "to find food", "type": "PURPOSE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "It uses its excellent sense of smell to find food, and its long, sticky tongue to capture its prey.", "source": "https://www.activewild.com/african-animals-list/" } ]

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[ { "text": "When threatening another male, an anteater emits a long drawn out cry that sounds like harrrr.", "source": "https://facts.net/nature/animals/anteater-facts" } ]

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[ { "text": "They can live in damp rain forests or dry savannahs: anywhere they can find termites!", "source": "https://zootycoon.fandom.com/wiki/Aardvark" } ]

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[ { "text": "It has a pig-like rubbery snout, a rabbits ears, the long sticky tongue of an anteater, and a naked tail like a opossum.", "source": "https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/Aardvark-facts.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "The Blue Aardvark has a battle against another aardvark called the Green Aardvark to see who gets to eat the ant.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Aardvark" } ]

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[ { "text": "The aardvark is 3.44 to 4.27 feet long, or about 105 to 130 centimetres, however, it can reach lengths of 7 feet 3 inches, or 2.2 metres, when it’s tail is taken into account.", "source": "http://tonsoffacts.com/30-fun-and-weird-facts-about-aardvarks/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Another aardvark named Kiyo, who was Misha's best pal, survived the drama.", "source": "https://www.thefreedictionary.com/aardvark" } ]

[ { "value": "with its strong front claws", "type": "MANNER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "With its strong front claws, the aardvark rips the nest apart, probing inside with its long, sticky tongue and drawing the insects into its mouth.", "source": "http://elelur.com/mammals/aardvark.html" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks belongs to their own order, which means there is no other animal like them!", "source": "https://blog.therainforestsite.greatergood.com/cs-aardvark-facts-unknown/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks also eat locusts and a type of grasshopper.", "source": "https://animalcorner.org/animals/aardvark/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks are able to dig their own burrows by time they are six months of age.", "source": "http://animalia-life.com/aardvarks.html" } ]

[ { "value": "underground", "type": "LOCATION", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "The snout has slit-shaped nostrils perfect for closing when the aardvark goes digging around underground for shelter and food.", "source": "https://www.wildcard.co.za/get-to-know-the-oddball-aardvark/" } ]

[ { "value": "by opening ant", "type": "MANNER", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Anteaters obtain their diet by opening ant/termite nests with its powerful sharp front claws.", "source": "https://www.diffen.com/difference/Aardvark_vs_Anteater" } ]

[ { "value": "possibly", "type": "DEGREE", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "One anteater was recorded sleeping with its tail stretched out on a sunny morning with an ambient temperature of 17 °C (63 °F); possibly it was positioned this way to allow its body to absorb the sun's rays for warmth.", "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_anteater" } ]

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[ { "text": "Aardvarks have a look at this cute video about a baby aardvark:", "source": "https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-aardvarks/" } ]

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[ { "text": "Sweeping its snout from side to side along the ground, the aardvark sniffs out an insect nest.", "source": "http://cincinnatizoo.org/animals/aardvark-2/" } ]

[ { "value": "usually", "type": "TEMPORAL", "support": 1 } ]

[ { "text": "Aardvarks usually live into their upper teens or early twenties.", "source": "https://en.mimi.hu/animals/aardvark.html" } ]