Afrikaans for "earth pig"
Anteater doesn't have teeth like the aardvark
Round tubular snout with a sticky tongue
Devours ants and termites
Very much nocturnal
Afer is its species name
Really has large upright ears
Keeper of first place in listing of animals in alphabetical order
Author notes
Written June 16th, 2006
A contest entry
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Wow originally crafted!
Nice imagery expressed
and very vibrant.
A treasure to read.
Thanks for entering & best of luck
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Nice acrostic but probably a little "straight" for this contest
Jeff
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This was a fantastic and educational piece of poetry. I knew of what an aardvark was and of its spelling by age six, due to the PBS television show, "Arthur".
I loved that show, but I am sidetracking. You have really used creativity to your benefit with this piece. I also like how you mentioned the word origin. Keep up the great work, good luck in the contest, and thanks for sharing!
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Tie guy ;at the end of my little adventure with the aardvarks I commend you again for touching all the bases of tubulidentata learning and lore with your entry .Glad to see somebody slip a little taxonomical nomenclature into their work!
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Very cute catalog of aardvark infomation and atributes.I'd like to see a dictionary writen up like that .Learning would be a lot more fun!Oh well, maybe in another lifetime.Thanks for your little nod to this contest.
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