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The Aardwolf is a small mammal related to the Hyena. The Aardwolf is, in fact, nicknamed the “Civet Hyena”, for its close relation to the hyena and for its shared tendency to excrete black substances from its anal glands with the civet. The aforementioned black substances are used to mark the Aardwolf’s territory, marking termite mounds about once every 20 minutes. The Aardwolf eats almost exclusively insects, sometimes eating up to 250,000 termites in a single day, but always leaving enough that the termite colony can rebuild, ensuring that the Aardwolf can return to the mound later. While you may see Aardwolfs huddled around carrion, they are not consuming the meat itself like a hyena would, but instead consuming the grubs and larvae laid on the carrion. Aardwolfs form monogamous mating pairs, but males may mate with females in other territories, proving the zip code rule once and for all.