Despite being completely bald, this adorable aardvark nevertheless faced a rather hairy situation when it was rejected by his mother moments after being born. Staff at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida, were forced to step in and care for the clumsy creature just hours after its birth on April 10. But despite a rocky start the new arrival is now thriving and has made his first public appearance at the USA park.
都说母亲是世界上最疼爱自己的人，在刚刚过去的母亲节，一则关于“母亲”的动物新闻进入了我们的眼帘。据悉，尽管呈现“秃头”脱发、脱毛的态势，这只在佛罗里达州--布希公园出生的“无毛食蚁兽”还是得到了大家的爱心和关注！在4月10日降临到这个世界上后，这只可爱的“无毛食蚁兽”因长相问题一度被自己的亲妈妈“拒绝”，在工作人员的“威逼利诱”下，他的母亲才“勉为其难”暂时抚养自己的幼崽。不管自己的妈妈是否喜欢，这只无毛食蚁兽还是以巨大的气场登录美国动物园，得到了大家的掌声。
The baby aardvark rejected by his mother just hours after being born Care: The baby aardvark has substitute parents in the form of the Busch Gardens staff After birth, young aardvarks usually remain with their mother for approximately six months before moving out and digging their own burrow. A spokesman for the park said: 'Obviously we like to let nature take its course but we had to step in when we discovered his mother wasn't being attentive. 'We were scared she might accidentally step on him or even bury her cub as aardvarks have a primary instinct to dig for food and burrow for shelter.' in the pink: Busch Gardens' new arrival is now thriving, as you can see In the wild, female aardvarks typically give birth to one newborn each year. The baby, which is yet to be named, is one of just 35 in zoos in North America. The animals have a huge appetite for insects and have been known to suck up 50,000 of them in just one hour. All the attention is clearly thirsty work for the aardvark
动物园的发言人说：“很显然，我们应该尊重自然规律，并且不干涉动物的私人事情！但是，这只无毛食蚁兽显然没得到自己妈妈的喜爱，我们很担心他的妈妈会因为一不注意就踩死自己的宝宝，或者将自己的宝宝给埋了。”
动物小百科：非洲食蚁兽又叫土豚（Aardvark），是一种身强力壮的动物，身长约140厘米，没有门齿和犬齿，像食蚁兽一样用长舌头卷吃白蚁。它们生活在非洲的大部分地区，从埃及南部到好望角都能发现非洲食蚁兽的踪迹。非洲食蚁兽肩高50~70厘米，体长0.9~2.2米，尾长44~71厘米，体重40~100公斤，属于大型食蚁兽，因为独特的牙齿结构在哺乳纲中独占一目---------管齿目，也是该目中的一种；全身土灰色，毛发稀疏，吻部前突，耳朵很大，四肢短粗，生有利爪。
