With its rabbit ears, pig-like snout and a tail like a kangaroo’s, the aardvark looks like an imaginary creature!🐰 🐽🦘 . . But in the wild, it faces unimaginable threats like human-wildlife conflicts and habitat loss. The use of pesticides in agriculture also affects its main food source of ants and termites. 🐜 To safeguard the aardvark’s future, we work together with other zoos as part of global programme that aims to preserve genetic diversity of the population under human care. . . #Nation

Big ears, wrinkly skin, and a snuffly snoot… It’s baby aardvark time. This five-week-old female aardvark was born May 10 to mom Zola and dad Azaan and is San Diego Zoo’s newest addition. She is the first aardvark cub to be born at the zoo in 35 years and is reportedly doing well. The name aardvark is derived from Afrikaans and means “Earth pig,” though they are not closely related. The little cub is already exhibiting some classic aardvark behaviors as she’s been helping to dig the family’s burr