When a concentration of ants or termites is detected, the aardvark digs into it with its powerful front legs, keeping its long ears upright to listen for predators, and takes up an astonishing number of insects with its long, sticky tongue—as many as 50,000 in one night have been recorded.
wˌɛn ɐ kˌɑːnsəntɹˈeɪʃən ʌv ˈænts ɔːɹ tˈɜːmaɪts ɪz dɪtˈɛktᵻd, ðɪ ˈɑːɹdvɑːɹk dˈɪɡz ˌɪntʊ ɪt wɪð ɪts pˈaʊɚfəl fɹˈʌnt lˈɛɡz, kˈiːpɪŋ ɪts lˈɔŋ ˈɪɹz ˈʌpɹaɪt tə lˈɪsən fɔːɹ pɹˈɛdəɾɚz, ænd tˈeɪks ˌʌp ɐn ɐstˈɑːnɪʃɪŋ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv ˈɪnsɛkts wɪð ɪts lˈɔŋ, stˈɪki tˈʌŋ—æz mˈɛni æz fˈɪfti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ ɪn wˈʌn nˈaɪt hɐvbɪn ɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd.