Even in very dim light, the slightest movement of a small animal will draw their attention. Their eyes bulge out from the head, giving them a clear, all-around view of food or approaching danger. It is an appropriate name, for this noctural grassland animal is about the size of a large pig. It uses its long mobile snout to root around in the earth for food. The Aardvark mostly feeds on ants and termites.
Aardvarks are powerful animals.
They rip open termite nests with their claws and lap up the insects with their long sticky tongues. Pangolins feed, in the same way, but they seem to use smell rather than hearing to locate their food. When threatened, they curl up into a tight ball. Their sharp-edged scales protect them from attackers. Tree Pangolins spend most of their time high in the forest canopy, feeding from ant and termite nests.