Mohamed Dussu
Hello again brothers and sisters in these wildlife articles but we also call it a free class in getting to know wildlife and its characteristics in a little more detail. In this series today we go back to see a little bit about a very awkward animal especially when it is in its natural environment.
And without wasting any time today we will get to know the animal known as the "AARDVARK"
The victim is a very attractive animal especially when you see him feeding on the tunnels because the activity he is doing is really dangerous and we can say this is an end to insects.
CHARACTERISTICS OF AARDVARK
1. It is an animal that looks very much like a pig in view.
2. He has a long head, long erect ears and a very long nose, especially this one likens this animal to a pig.
3.The hind legs are longer than the front legs.
4. He has very strong legs and nails and this helps him in digging.
5. He has a yellow color that tends to be gray with short feathers on his head, tail and legs, although he is a little taller.
6. The victim by another name is known as the pest eater.
7. It is an animal that lives in isolation and meets together during breeding only.
8. It is a very visionary animal at night and spends most of its time searching for food. This also helps him to avoid the heat in their hiding places at night.
9. They prefer to live in holes 6.5 to 42 feet high.
10. He has four toes in each front foot while the hind legs have five toes each.
WEIGHT, HEIGHT, LENGTH OF AARDVARK
Weight = Massive weight reaches 40kg – 65kg.
Height = Reaches 60–65 cm.
Height = The largest victim reaches a height of 43-53 inches from head to tail.
ENVIRONMENT
The victim is an animal that is found in a wide range of habitats ranging from grassy areas, dense forests, common forests, savannas and even rainforests throughout the Sahara.
These animals are not very fond of rocky areas because these areas are very annoying especially when digging as these animals live by digging holes as we have seen above these are animals that love to live in holes.
GROWTH
These are animals that prefer to eat insects especially ants in tunnels. A victim for one night's meal can eat up to fifty thousand (50,000) insects. Its thick skin relieves the pain of being bitten by insects while eating, especially in tunnels.
But sometimes they eat certain plants and especially prefer to eat cucumbers and especially those cucumbers are called cucumbers. It is said that here there is a very good relationship and along with the plants benefit the victim also benefits as the victim is fed through cucumbers but also when he eats cucumbers it helps in cucumber seeds so cucumbers germinate in different places.
Aids to the victim are the legs and exhaustion with a sticky tongue like glue and a length of up to 30 inches [30 cm] long.
He drinks water very rarely and a large percentage of the water comes from eating insects.
BIRTH
As we saw above these animals live separately from each other and only meet when they want to breed. Immediately after mating the female and male continue each other with their life and the female becomes pregnant for seven months and after that gives birth to only one child.
The baby is born weighing about 2 kilograms. The baby stays with the mother in the pits without coming out for 2 weeks. The baby is born very quickly and after about six months the baby can start his own life. After two years together females and males can begin to reproduce as well.
STORAGE
At present these animals have not become a threat to extinction in the world as their numbers are not yet officially known. However, studies show that the population has declined sharply in some parts of Africa, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
ENEMIES AND THREATS FOR THE VICTIM
The victim is an animal that has many enemies in the wild. Some of these enemies are lions, leopards, wolves, hyenas and pythons.
Humans have been reported to be a major enemy of these animals due to the demand for meat. Poaching has also been a major problem, especially in areas that do not have adequate protection to protect these animals.
Environmental degradation also causes these animals to migrate to other areas and disappear as we have seen above there are some areas where these animals have declined significantly.
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIGHT THE DEFICIENCY OF THESE ANIMALS
So far no conservation measures have been taken by the various authorities. I think this is due to the fact that these animals are not yet in danger of extinction which is why they are not given much attention.
Here I think the biggest solution is to fight poaching as well as human activities as some of the factors that lead to the decline of these animals are natural that must occur. Enemies like lions and leopards also eat some of these animals as this is also one of the ways to balance the number of these animals due to the environment as it is important for the ecology of the animals.
CONCLUSION
The ancients say it is important to take care of what you have when it is in good condition before it starts to go wrong. That is, in simple language it is the same as saying that prevention is better than cure. We should try to save or care for these animals before they get to the worst stage as we find it difficult to fight poaching against elephants.
Various conservation organizations should help each other conduct research to determine the exact number of these animals as we can only say they are declining but we do not know how much they are declining. If we know the exact number of these animals then it will be easy to devise effective strategies to combat the decline of these animals. …… .THANK YOU SO MUCH… ..