Today's topic is a lovable creature, just chock-full of warm fuzzies and... bugs? Yup! Lots and lots of bugs. As many as 50,000 in one day, as a matter of fact! Ew. But our darling critter's gross dining habits are made up for by his super-cute gigundo ears. Ears he uses to hear as he's burrowing around in the desert for bugs, getting all DIRTy, PIGging out on ants and termites and other crunchy delights. Perhaps that's why he's known as the:
aardvark: A burrowing mammal (Orycteropus afer) of southern Africa, having a stocky, hairy body, large ears, and a long tubular snout.
If we were to break down the famous name of this lovable little guy, we would see that it is of Afrikaans and Dutch origins. It translates to earth (dirt) pig. Nice.
Anywho, just because this cute darling eats ants doesn't mean that he's an anteater--although a lot of people would call him one. True anteaters are a whole other animal. Or animals. It turns out that the term "anteater" is applied rather liberally to the bug-eating-mammal world.
In other news, you should all check out my redone website. It's still not perfect, but it's a sight better than the original. For those of you keeping track, this is version number 2, folks.
www.rohlsart.com
Quiz of the day:
Which popular children's cartoon character is portrayed by an aardvark? And NO GOOGLING. I forbid it!
Oh, and your image. Getting away from my digital experiments, this is done in colored pencil.
O sadly I think I know the answer.... Arthur
ReplyDeleteYea!!! Ryan wins!
ReplyDeleteI'm too slow...Love you art though!
ReplyDeleteDarn, I haven't been on here for awhile, but the mother of eight did know that Arther was an AARDVARK! What I didn't know and still don't, is why!
ReplyDeleteOops, and I do know how to spell Arthur, as well
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