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**HarrytheNazi** · 10-14-2005, 11:37 AM

Armadillo Facts
Family: Dasypodidae
Order: Edentata
Other Names: Varmint, Critter, @$&%*#!, Dinsdale
Close Relatives: Sloths, anteaters, bureaucrats
Range: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana through Florida, Mexico, and South America
Average Weight: 7 - 9 lbs
Predators: Bobcats, wolves, coyotes, large trucks
Armadillos don't see well. They don't hear well, either.
But they do have long, sharp claws, and they have been known to eat lawyers

**HarrytheNazi** · 10-14-2005, 11:38 AM

Armadillos always give birth to four identical young -- the only mammal known to do so.

**HarrytheNazi** · 10-14-2005, 11:39 AM

Armadillos like to swim, and they are very good at it. They have a strong dog paddle,
and can even go quite a distance underwater, walking along the bottom of streams and ponds.
When they need to float, they gulp air into their intestines to make them more buoyant

**HarrytheNazi** · 10-14-2005, 11:40 AM

Some female armadillos being used for research have given
birth to young long after they were captured -- up to two years afterwards,
in some cases!
These "virgin births" are a result of the female's ability to delay
implantation of the fertilized egg during times of stress.
This reproductive tactic is one reason why the 'dillos are so
good at colonizing new areas.

**HarrytheNazi** · 10-14-2005, 11:41 AM

Wild armadillos have been known to be infected with the
bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen's disease).
The only cases of transmission from armadillos to
humans have occurred in rare incidents in which
people ate undercooked armadillo meat.

**Scott McD** · 10-14-2005, 11:42 AM

**HarrytheNazi** · 10-14-2005, 11:42 AM

...texas tragedy.

**Funbrunette** · 10-14-2005, 11:49 AM

Discovery channel!

**loverboy** · 10-14-2005, 12:02 PM

Originally posted by blerche

...texas tragedy.

what a tragic ending lol

**u-Bob** · 10-14-2005, 12:22 PM

scary ...

**woj** · 10-14-2005, 12:26 PM

cool looking thing

**cayne** · 10-14-2005, 12:27 PM

w00t?.....

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