Aardvark

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PICS | 'We could not believe our eyes' - Cape Town beachgoer after ... (News24)

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA said the carcass of an adult female Aardvark (African Ant Bear) that washed up on Sunset Beach in Milnerton on Friday most likely ...

The ticks were still alive, which leads us to believe that she had died a few hours prior and washed in minutes before we arrived on the beach. "The aardvark showed no signs of external trauma that might have indicated how she came to be floating in the sea. [Even though the] animal was already deceased [it was] in remarkably good shape when pulled from the surf zone by members of the public and left on the beach where it was collected," Pieterse added.

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AARDVARK found washed up on Cape Town beach (The South African)

In a bizarre discovery, photographers Alex and Juanita Aitkenhead came across and aardvark washed up on the beach.

ALSO READ: An aardvark washed out on the shore of a Cape Town beach.

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Aardvark washed ashore on the beach did not drown (TDPel Media)

On January 13, an aardvark washed up on Sunset Beach in Milnerton, South Africa. The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds.

[»Aardvark washed ashore on the beach did not drown«](https://tdpelmedia.com/aardvark-washed-ashore-on-the-beach-did-not-drown/) The SPCA of Cape of Good Hope was notified, and an autopsy was performed to ascertain the cause of death. Unfortunately, the aardvark that washed up on Sunset Beach had perished.

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Where did this Aardvark come from? Cape beachgoers shocked by ... (Independent Online)

The SPCA has launched an investigation into the discovery of a female Aardvark on the Sunset beach in Milnerton.

“Even though the animal was already deceased, it was in remarkably good shape when pulled from the surf zone by members of the public and left on the beach where it was collected," said Pieterse. The SPCA also conducted an autopsy on the carcass of the animal which revealed that the animal was already dead by the time it went into the water, either having been dumped overboard a ship close to shore or was somehow put into the sea from land. The carcass of the ant bear was collected from the beach by the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) from the beach before being handed over to the SPCA.

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