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→Lifecyle of an Aardvark: Subheading read 'lifecyle' not 'lifecycle'
==Key Stage 1==
===Meaning===
[[File:Aardvark1.pngPNG|right|300px|thumb|A picture drawing of an [[aardvark]].]]
An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized [[animal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout.
===Examples===
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|[[File:Aardvark2.pngPNG|center|300px]]|[[File:Aardvark3-Snout.pngPNG|center|300px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[aardvark]]eating.| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |This is a picture of an [[aardvark]]'s snout.
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|[[File:Aardvark4-Skeleton.pngPNG|center|300px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |An aardvark's [[Skeletal System|skeleton]] showing its [[backbone]].
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===Lifecyle Lifecycle of an Aardvark===
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|'''Foetus'''
|'''Adult'''
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|[[File:Aardvark5-FoetusEmbryo2.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Aardvark6-Young.pngPNG|center|200px]]|[[File:Aardvark7.pngPNG|center|200px]]
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| 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;" |Powerful legs
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up food and burrowing.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Long, sticky tongue
| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help capture insects.
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| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help the [[aardvark]] sniff out its food: [[ants]] and [[termites]].
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Sharp clawsand powerful legs| 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;" |Thick nostril hair| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help filter through matter and search for food as it digs.|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Muscular area in stomach| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To break down food, rendering chewing unnecessary, as an Aardvark has only a few teeth and no enamel.|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Long, sticky tongue| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help capture insects. |} ==Key Stage 4=====Meaning===An [[aardvark]] is a medium-sized, burrowing [[animal]] with 4 legs and a long [[pig]]-like snout, in the [[class]]; [[mammal]]. ===About Aardvarks===: As a [[mammal]] [[aardvark]]s::*Are [[vertebrate]]s:*Feed their [[offspring]] with [[milk]].:*Are [[viviparous]].:*Are [[homeotherm]]s. ===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 and powerful legs
| 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.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Powerful legsThick nostril hair| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help with digging up filter through matter and search for food as it digs.|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Muscular '''pyloric''' area in stomach| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To break down food, rendering chewing unnecessary, as an Aardvark has only a few teeth and burrowingno enamel.|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Long, sticky tongue| style="height:20px; width:400px; text-align:center;" |To help capture insects.
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