This young male aardvark was born at Busch Gardens on April 10. Busch Gardens’ animal care experts stepped in when they saw that the mother was not attentive. There are only about 35 aardvarks in zoos in North America. With fewer than a dozen successful births each year, aardvark births are not common. They are solitary by nature, only Busch Gardens is home to a male and female, with the cub making three. He will be raised in Jambo Junction – located in the Nairobi area of the park – and will become one of the park’s educational Animal Ambassadors.
14 responses to “Little Aardvark Makes Big Debut at Busch Gardens”
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Aw-w-w-w. I wish I could hold him. What an incredible creature.
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He is an amazing little soul! I hope he grows up into a strong, healthy Prince of Aardvarks!
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I can see why the name translates to “earth pig.” Ugly-cute.
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That is soo freaking adorable
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I’m not quite sure if he’s cute or creepy. Probably the latter.
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The Benjamin Buttons of the animal kingdom…
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Oh I love him! He’s so ugly that he’s absolutely adorable. 🙂
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Ears of rabbit, nose of pig, claws of mole in a body of a Sphinx cat.
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Beautiful sweet and adorable.
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My comments often disappear….
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Looks like some kind of alien. A cute one though…
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sooooooooooooo ADORABLE!!!!!
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No matter how many times I look at this guy, I think he looks like an albino Max Rebo.
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where´s his quite long tongue?





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