aardvark
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People have examined aardvark DNA in the past for studies of mammalian evolution, but never across wild populations.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023
Everyone’s favorite aardvark and his goofy pals made the leap from books to television in 1996 and for 25 seasons maintained an earnest, admirable quest for compassion and learning.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
“She is very active, and was using her sharp claws to dig like an adult aardvark, just hours after her birth,” lead wildlife care specialist Cari Inserra said in the statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
If you know a young millennial, chances are they've never once had a problem spelling the word "aardvark."
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022
For instance, one African melon species is so well adapted to being eaten by a hyena-like animal called the aardvark that most melons of that species grow on the latrine sites of aardvarks.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Originally known as shrews, the small African mammals are more closely related to elephants, manatees and aardvarks and were officially renamed as sengi in 1998.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
In South Africa, the genetic information they gathered suggested three regional divisions of aardvarks, indicating that animals in western, central and eastern regions of South Africa were somewhat isolated from each other.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2023
Though species that lived in pairs such as Müller’s gibbons tended to live longer than loner species such as aardvarks, group-living species such as elephants generally lived the longest.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2023
The scientists examined animals that lost their full body hair along with others, such as bison, guinea pigs, aardvarks and bears, that have retained full coats of fur.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
Human latrines, like those of aardvarks, may have been a testing ground of the first unconscious crop breeders.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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