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==Key Stage 1==
===Meaning===
[[File:Aardvark1.png|right|300px|thumb|A picture of an [[aardvark]].]]
An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized [[animal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout.
===About Aardvarks===
: The nose and the mouth of an [[aardvark]] are at the end of its snout.
: The [[aardvark]] is nocturnal, which means it will only come out at night.
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|[[File:Aardvark2.png|center|300px]]
|[[File:Aardvark3-Snout.png|center|300px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[aardvark]].
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[aardvark]].
|}
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized, burrowing [[mammal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout.
===About Aardvarks===
: As a [[mammal]] [[aardvark]]s:
:*Have a [[backbone]].
:*Feed their babies with [[milk]].
: [[Aardvark]]s live in Africa, and are found in bushland, woodland, grassland and savanna [[habitat]].
: The [[aardvark]] is nocturnal, which means it will only come out at night.
: [[Aardvark]]s dig and live in burrows.
: A young [[aardvark]] is called a cub.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[File:Aardvark4-Skeleton.png|center|300px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |An aardvark's [[Skeletal System|skeleton]] showing its [[backbone]].
|}
===Lifecyle of an Aardvark===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Foetus'''
|'''Young'''
|'''Adult'''
|-
|[[File:Aardvark5-Foetus.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Aardvark6-Young.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Aardvark7.png|center|200px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An [[aardvark]] starts its life inside the mother getting its food through the umbilical cord.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When an [[aardvark]] has been born it cannot eat so it gets milk from its mother to survive. This is a young aardvark '''cub'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An adult [[aardvark]] is mature and can have it's own [[offspring]].
|}
===Adaptations of Aardvarks===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A pig-like snout
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]].
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp claws
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To dig up [[ants]] and [[termites]] for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Powerful legs
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up food and burrowing.
|}
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized, burrowing [[mammal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout.
===About Aardvarks===
: As a [[mammal]] [[aardvark]]s:
:*Are [[vertebrate]]s
:*Feed their [[offspring]] with [[milk]].
:*Give birth to live young.
:*Keep a constant internal [[temperature]].
===Adaptations of Aardvarks===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A pig-like snout
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]].
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp claws
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To dig up [[ants]] and [[termites]] for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Powerful legs
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up food and burrowing.
|}
===Meaning===
[[File:Aardvark1.png|right|300px|thumb|A picture of an [[aardvark]].]]
An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized [[animal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout.
===About Aardvarks===
: The nose and the mouth of an [[aardvark]] are at the end of its snout.
: The [[aardvark]] is nocturnal, which means it will only come out at night.
===Examples===
{| class="wikitable"
|[[File:Aardvark2.png|center|300px]]
|[[File:Aardvark3-Snout.png|center|300px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[aardvark]].
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[aardvark]].
|}
==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized, burrowing [[mammal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout.
===About Aardvarks===
: As a [[mammal]] [[aardvark]]s:
:*Have a [[backbone]].
:*Feed their babies with [[milk]].
: [[Aardvark]]s live in Africa, and are found in bushland, woodland, grassland and savanna [[habitat]].
: The [[aardvark]] is nocturnal, which means it will only come out at night.
: [[Aardvark]]s dig and live in burrows.
: A young [[aardvark]] is called a cub.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|[[File:Aardvark4-Skeleton.png|center|300px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |An aardvark's [[Skeletal System|skeleton]] showing its [[backbone]].
|}
===Lifecyle of an Aardvark===
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Foetus'''
|'''Young'''
|'''Adult'''
|-
|[[File:Aardvark5-Foetus.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Aardvark6-Young.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Aardvark7.png|center|200px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An [[aardvark]] starts its life inside the mother getting its food through the umbilical cord.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When an [[aardvark]] has been born it cannot eat so it gets milk from its mother to survive. This is a young aardvark '''cub'''.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An adult [[aardvark]] is mature and can have it's own [[offspring]].
|}
===Adaptations of Aardvarks===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A pig-like snout
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]].
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp claws
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To dig up [[ants]] and [[termites]] for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Powerful legs
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up food and burrowing.
|}
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized, burrowing [[mammal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout.
===About Aardvarks===
: As a [[mammal]] [[aardvark]]s:
:*Are [[vertebrate]]s
:*Feed their [[offspring]] with [[milk]].
:*Give birth to live young.
:*Keep a constant internal [[temperature]].
===Adaptations of Aardvarks===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |'''Adaptation'''
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |'''Purpose'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A pig-like snout
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]].
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp claws
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To dig up [[ants]] and [[termites]] for food, and so it can dig burrows to live and sleep in.
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Powerful legs
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up food and burrowing.
|}