Under Your Feet

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Aardvark park

African aardvarks live

in their cool, underground

burrows during the hot

day. They forage at night

for termites, using their long

tongue to lap up insects.

Chipmunk county

There’s no mound of dirt by the

entrance of a chipmunk burrow

because they carry away the

dug-up dirt in their cheeks.

The burrows have many

entrances and chambers

of nuts and seeds.

Aardvarks may dig

temporary burrows

to hide from lions.

Chipmunks dive

into burrows before

bobcats can eat them.

Aardvarks

destroy termite

mounds to get to

their prey.

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