qT=2&tQ=Aardvarks collect most of their food:&tC=by digging into the ground|at night|collecting insects on its long sticky tongue|all of the above&cC=4&fB=When the aardvark finds a concentration of ants and termites, it digs into the ground with its powerful front legs and shovel shaped claws. The aardvark can dig faster than a man with a shovel.<br><br>Once the insects are uncovered the aardvark slurps them up by the dozens with their foot long tongue. Its tongue has a sticky salvia that assists  in ant and termite eating. In one night, an aardvark can devour as many as 50,000 insects.