About the Poem

A poem about the aardvark, which is also known as the antbear or anteater, and lives on a diet of ants and other creepy crawlies.

Category

Animal Poems

Style

Short rhyming poem

Length

5 lines

Key Stage

KS1, KS2, KS3

Author

Patrick Winstanley

The Aardvark

The aardvark is well adapted
To a life of eating ants -
Sharp claws for opening ant hills
And an enormous proboscis
To devour the occupants

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