Assertion: aardvark | /r/CapableOf | use their claws
Facets:
value: to dig burrows
type: PURPOSE
value: to tear open
type: PURPOSE
value: for digging
type: PURPOSE
value: to open termite mounds
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to scoop dirt
type: PURPOSE
value: their back feet
type: MANNER
value: to tear their long tongue
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Aardvarks also use their claws to create underground burrows, digging tunnels up to 13 m (43 ft) long.
text: Using powerful limbs and claws, aardvarks tear apart concrete-hard termite mounds and lick up the inhabitants with their sticky, foot-long tongues.
text: They use these claws to tear open the insects’ nests in order to reach the ants and termites – and to defend themselves, when necessary.
text: When digging, aardvarks use their front claws to scoop dirt, their back feet to clear it away, and their tails to smooth it out
text: Aardvarks will also use their claws to dig burrows.
text: Antelope, aardvark and pangolin are all animals that dig up the earth: antelopes cut the ground with their hooves, while both the aardvark and pangolin use their claws to open termite mounds.
text: They travel up to 16km at night in search for food, using their claws to tear open termite mounds and their long tongue with its a sticky saliva to catch insects.
text: Aardvarks use their powerful feet and claws, which resemble spades, for fast digging of underground burrows and digging up large earthen termite mounds to feast on the insects within.