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 Digging Paatsy - LP Zoo

Pausing, Paatsy, the aardvark, is

A lady of the evening who

Is busy with nocturnal biz

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

Instinctively, aardvarks do dig

At night for termites in the ground,

To eat, the purpose of the gig.

Lunch is served in a termite mound.

The keepers keep Paatsy well fed,

But do not let live termites loose.

She eats other good food instead,

That her digging does not produce.

Though Paatsy finds no termites real,

Digging for them still has appeal.