Aardvark dad joke anyone..? Aardvarks can eat up to 50,000 insects in a single night, and although almost all of their diet is made up of ants or termites, they do actually eat a single type of fruit. The aardvark cucumber is completely reliant of aardvarks to spread and re-bury their seeds, and it’s the only cucumber species to fruit underground. This plant is thought to be why aardvarks are the only mammal which feed on ants and termites that have retained functional cheek teeth. The cucumbers

Happy National Aardvark Week from Leia, our six-year-old resident aardvark! Aardvarks are nocturnal and eat about 50,000 termites in just one night. At the Zoo, we feed Leia a specialized insectivore diet, but her favorite food is avocado! Aardvarks are super strong. They have a great sense of smell and a knack for digging. 📹: Animal Ambassador Kait | Audubon Zoo