Colchester Zoo is celebrating the birth of a new aardvark baby, marking a successful breeding effort.
A zoo says it is 'delighted' to have grown its aardvark family after the birth of its newest arrival. Colchester Zoo welcomed the baby on 23 November, which is residents OQ and Koos' first birth together, but OQ's 12th offspring. Koos arrived in October 2023 from Chester Zoo as part of a breeding recommendation, in the hope that he would successfully raise young.
A spokesperson from Colchester Zoo said: ' we are delighted to see that Koos has settled in really well and the pair have managed to welcome another addition to the group, helping towards the conservation of this species.'Aardvarks are found in sub-Saharan Africa, all the way down to South Africa. The name means 'earth pig' in Afrikaans and their short, powerful limbs with shovel-shaped claws make them excellent diggers.An aardvark's tongue is about 30cm long and is used to catch termites and ants and they can eat up to 50,000 insects each night. Aardvarks are nocturnal which is why they are usually asleep in their burrows, or at the zoo, during the day
AARDVARKS BIRTH COLCHESTER ZOO BREEDING CONSERVATION
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