Aardvark – marketing consultants in disguise

In addition to being great business marketing consultants, here are 10 additional facts about Aardvarks:

• Aardvark is generally the first noun in the English dictionary, and is worth 16 points in Scrabble®
• The species dates back to the Miocene period (5 – 23M BC), and is the last survivor of primeval hoofed animals
• Aardvarks live in sub-saharan Africa, anywhere there are termites
• An Aardvark only has four toes on its front feet
• Aardvarks are nocturnal, living in burrows during the day and are very rarely seen
• In addition to ants, Aardvarks also eat a type of fruit called the Aardvark Cucumber
• Aardvarks can eat up to 50,000 ants in one night
• A ‘Blue Aardvark’ was featured in the Pink Panther cartoons
• The name Aardvark comes from the Afrikaans for ‘Earth Pig’
• Aardvarks are good swimmers and will walk up to 30km in a single night.