Thursday, January 14, 2021

A for Aardvark

A is for Aardvark. Or E is for Erdvark, in Eastern Border Afrikaans. They look like cute cuddly animals -- the trouble is, they burrow into dam walls. One sees a dam wall here in the background. A labourer told me that an aardvark burrowed deep into this very wall, quickly leaving its burrow when water started to flow. The dam burst, tore up the road below it, and put two lower dams under strain. OBSERVATION: Aarvarks are therefore regarded as pests.

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