A Page With One Purpose

Aardvark

Orycteropus afer. He was promised a page. He got one.

Below this sentence is a portrait of an aardvark. There is no product, no newsletter, no funnel. Some pages simply believe in something.

Behold It To the Exhibits
Illustration of an aardvark standing in the sunlit red earth of the savanna, with long snout, tall ears and a thick tail
Orycteropus afer — the aardvark. First word in the dictionary, last animal to answer for it. He did not pose for this. He simply is.
Three True Facts

What You Are Looking At

Every claim below is verifiably true. On a page like this, that should frighten you a little.

01

Not a pig

The name is Afrikaans for “earth pig.” He is not a pig. He is not even pig-adjacent. He has simply chosen not to correct anyone for several centuries.

02

Fast digger

He can dig himself completely out of sight in minutes, and he eats termites by the tens of thousands in a single night. Per night. Nobody is discussing this enough.

03

Strange family

His nearest living relatives include elephants and manatees. Picture that family reunion. Picture the seating chart. He brings the termites.

The Page Is Discharged

That was it. That was the page.

You saw the aardvark. The aardvark, in some sense, saw you. The Exhibits are through the arch, and unlike this page, they do things.

Visit the Exhibits