# Today in Baby Aardvark News **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726 "2012-02-23T13:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/1 "2012-02-23T13:36:55Z")
Do I really need an excuse to post a video of a baby Aardvark? > **[Video News - CNN](https://www.cnn.com/videos)** > > Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN.com. All together now : _AAAAaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwww!_ ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/2 "2012-02-23T14:06:39Z")
I believe this is more properly a “squeeeeee” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/3 "2012-02-23T15:18:53Z")
I get “An online debate viewer asks the GOP candidates to describe themselves in one word.” That is SO wrong. Entice me with baby aardvarks and try to trick me into listening to the GOP! :mad: 🙂 I found the video, btw. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/4 "2012-02-23T15:24:08Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I get “An online debate viewer asks the GOP candidates to describe themselves in one word.” > > That is SO wrong. Entice me with baby aardvarks and try to trick me into listening to the GOP! > :mad: 🙂 > > I found the video, btw. I agree – GOP candidates describing themselves in one word never makes me go “AAAAwwwwwwww.” I’ll go so far as to declare this a bipartisan thing. Sorry about your suffering. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/5 "2012-02-23T15:35:08Z")
How adorably weird. And I now know that aardvarks and anteaters are different animals. I can no longer honestly say that I’ve seen an aardvark in person. ---
**Author:** ![pdunderhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/6 "2012-02-23T15:47:19Z")
That is weird, very weird, nth. degree anthromorphisism strange. Can we have some pictures of Kittens or Mitt Romney as a child? Peter ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/7 "2012-02-23T19:36:22Z")
In my church there is a stained glass window depicting Adam naming the animals. Adam himself is figleafed behind a bush, but there are several animals, a dog, a water buffalo, a giraffe, and an aardvark. Adam is pointing down at the aardvark with one hand, and is scratching his head with the other. It’s like “What the HECK do I call this thing?” It’s one of my favorite windows in the church. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/8 "2012-02-23T21:51:01Z")
Aaaand my day is made. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/9 "2012-02-23T23:37:16Z")
I’m an aardvark, and I’m proud! I’m an aardvark, and I’m happy! I’m an aardvark, If I try to be specific And a little scientific, I am really quite terrific! I’m an aardvark, fierce and free! I’m an aardvark, standing bravely! I’m an aardvark, And I’m tough and smart and strong And always right, And that’s the way I’ll always be … Until I meet another aardvark Who’s bigger than me! ---
**Author:** ![simsimian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@simsimian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simsimian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/10 "2012-02-24T16:17:15Z")
One of the reasons I’m a member of that zoo is to support the aardvarks. Brookfield Zoo does good work. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/11 "2012-02-24T19:28:04Z")
What does an aardvark do anyway? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/12 "2012-02-24T19:36:59Z")
That lady has the perfect accent for talking about the “aardvaaarrk” Love it! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/13 "2012-02-24T20:34:27Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > What does an aardvark do anyway? 1.) Digs in the earth and eats insects 2.) Pretty much whatever it wants 3.) What do you care? A little aardvark never hurt anyone! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/14 "2012-02-24T21:35:41Z")
Aaaaaaaaaaah what a cute little guy. Here’s a couple stills of a baby aardvark. > **[Baby Aardvark Born at Busch Gardens In Tampa](https://laughingsquid.com/baby-aardvark-born-at-busch-gardens-in-tampa/)** > > Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL welcomed a baby aardvark as their latest resident. It turns out that aardvarks are fairly rare and there are only around 35 of I’ve been staring at that top pic for a bit now and I’m just thinking, “Evolution, interesting.” I also read on wiki that they are the last in their family line of animal type. > [@](#): > > It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata,[3] although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. > **[Aardvark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark)** > > See text > Aardvarks (/ˈɑːrdvɑːrk/ ⓘ ARD-vark; Orycteropus afer) are medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammals native to Africa. Aardvarks are the only living species of the family Orycteropodidae and the order Tubulidentata. They have a long proboscis, similar to a pig's snout, which is used to sniff out food. > They are afrotheres, a clade that also includes elephants, manatees, and hyraxes. Also: [Homer Simpson] Mmmmmmmmmm termite juice. [HS] ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/15 "2012-02-24T21:49:37Z")
There’s a fossil aardvark in the American Museum of Natural History. I used to see it al the time before they re-arranged the fourth floor several years back. It’s probably still up there, but I don’t know where. ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/16 "2012-02-26T02:54:44Z")
I once saw an anteater do a bad thing to an aardvark in a petting zoo. Srsly. I’m glad that aardvark has a good life in a good zoo. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/17 "2012-02-26T03:00:51Z")
> [@Noodles\_Fellicini](#): > > I once saw an anteater do a bad thing to an aardvark in a petting zoo. > > Srsly. > > I’m glad that aardvark has a good life in a good zoo. It’s a _petting_ zoo. Duh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-baby-aardvark-news/613726/18 "2012-02-26T03:13:36Z")
CNN calls this Breaking News. I truly would have loved to have seen it break. “We interrupt your scheduled programming for an important announcement. This just in: a baby aardvark! Lookithim inneee cuuuute, awuzzawuzzawuzza.”