Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 June 1934 — Page 11

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AARD-VARK IS WELCOMED TO NATIONAL ZOO ‘Waffly-Nosed’ Animal, African Ant Eater, Only One of Species in U. S. (Copyright. 1934 by Science Service) WASHINGTON, June 7.—Waffles, the Aard-Vark, has come to Washington to live in the national zoological park. Director “Bill” Man is as proud of his new charge as a father of a brand-new son, for Waffles is the only Aard-Vark now living in America, and is the third of his kind ever to have been brought to an American zoological park. The other two, one in New York and one in Philadelphia, are no longer living. Waffles get his name, Dr. Mann explains, because of his “waffly” nose—Dr. Mann is a devoted reader and quoter of A. A. Milne.- That nose is in more than one sense Wafflles’ elading feature, and goes far to explain the grotesque rest of Waffles himself. Its rubbery, nervous. incessantly active tip, with a comic little tangled mustache sticking out of its end, is constantly inquisitive about everything; the edges of his cage, a keeper’s proffered hand, the redolence of the polish on a visitor’s shoes, the strong symphony ot scents from all the other cages in the house where he lives. A truly remarkable, intensely “waffly” nose. Wafflles “schnozzle,” though astonishing rather than beautiful, is nevertheless his fortune. For the Aard-Vark is an ant-eater, and that long snout, with its nervous nose atip and a flickering sticky tongue working from underneath, plays havoc with the swarming populations of the towering termite heaps of his native veldt, after the formidable claws at the ends of his short, thick, powerful legs have breached the walls. The Aard-Vark is also a great destroyer of locusts, which are even more of a plague in his native South Africa than their cousins, the grasshoppers, are in our own west. Real ants, as distinguished from termites, do not form so large a part of his natural diet, but he eats them and practically all other kinds of insects he can find. In captivity, Waffles’ diet consists in part of milk and eggs—orthodox waffle ingredients. His third staple is hamburger steak. Since Aard-Varks are poorly equipped with teeth, having only molars or “grinders,” but no biting front teeth, Waffles must be supplied with pre-chewed food, to simulate as nearly as possible the small unit sizes of his natural provender. Dr. Mann states that the two former Aard-Varks in* this country were also given oatmeal and hominy, as roughage. Waffles is not a particularly clever animal, but is quite inoffensive and docile, apparently likes to have his head scratched, and resists handling only as a pig might, by planting himself solidly and letting you do all the pushing. Having no front teeth, he could not bite, even if he wanted to, which he apparently doesn't. Dr. Mann acquired Waffles from a prominent German zoological dealer in Hanover. He arrived sleek and fat and unruffled; evidently they understand the care and feeding of Aard-Varks in Hanover. Aard-Varks were discovered by some of the earliest modern adventurers around Cape Horn; there is a description and picture of one in a famous old natural history book, the “Ortus Sanitatis,” published the year before Columbus discovered America. There it was called “suillus,” which is Latin for “little pig.” They were given their odd modern name by the Boer-Dutch settlers. Aard-Vark is Dutch for “earth-pig”; but aside from being short-legged and thick-bodied the animal bears no resemblance to a pig. Indeed, if it were not for the enormous jackass-like ears, it might be taken almost as a model for an ultra-modern stream-lined automobile. Its chunky body trails a tapering, thick-based fleshy tail. The whole creatture is covered with a sparse growth of coarse, straight, b.-istly hair. In its native state, the Aard-Vark lives in burrows, usually concealed under grass or brush. This makes it a constant menace to horsemen on the veldt. It can dig itself in so fast that a gang of men with spades have a hard time pursuing k into the ground. Aa-rd-Varks are now found only in Africa, particularly in South Africa, but they once had relatives in America. Two years ago, Dr. G. L. Jepson of Princeton university described some fossi, remains from Wyoming which showed by their teeth that thev belonged to the same order of animals. There were even digestive remains found with tne bones that indicated an insect diet preference *jn the par* cf these long-gone American Aard-Vark kinbeasts. But that was in- me early eocene—some fifty-odd million years ago. So If Waffles wants a neighborly chat with another Aard-Vark he will have to invite one of his living relatives over from South America. STRIPPED AUTO FOUND Negro Admits Stealing Parts, Police Claim. 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