7. The burrows they live in are mostly “borrowed” from other animals that dig them. The aardwolves don’t really like to put in the work themselves

[maxbutton id=”2″ url=” http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/aardwolf-at-den-damaraland-district-namibia-high-res-stock-photography/84392009″]

 

8. They have adapted to their food source, and in order to be able to catch hundreds of termites their tongues are long and sticky

[maxbutton id=”2″ url=” http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/aardwolf-pup-high-res-stock-photography/128600980″]

 

9. As an interesting note, an aardwolf is capable of eating more than 300.000 termites in one night.

[maxbutton id=”2″ url=” http://cincinnatizoo.org/”]

 

10. They aren’t too big, at adulthood they reach the size of a fox

[maxbutton id=”2″ url=” http://chainimage.com/image/animal-list-of-africa-beautiful-wildlife-and-dangerous-wild-animals-2″]

 

11. They pair for life with a mate they never leave! Cute and loyal – talk about catching two birds with one stone! 🙂

[maxbutton id=”2″ url=” https://fineartamerica.com/featured/adult-aardwolf-proteles-cristatus-gerard-lacz.html”]

[maxbutton id=”1″ url=”http://sharetroopers.com/adorable-critter-new-internet-sensation/3/” ]