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Armadillo's Quadruplets Still a Mystery

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 2 Dec

Known as polyembryony this phenomenon where an armadillo female will release a single egg which then splits into four embryo each time is still a mystery. This nine-banded armadillo is the only animal in the animal kingdom who...

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Monday night excitement.

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 28 Oct 24

I guess I spoke too soon when I said there was no excitement tonight. Chris went outside to do something and came running in saying Rebel was chasing something. A rabbit he thought. Well by the time he made it back outside- he...

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An armadillo that escaped from a zoo in Sacramento found safe

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122101) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Oct 22

A six banded armadillo that came from South America to the North American state of California went missing from its home in Sacramento California on Thursday morning from the Interpretive Center on the grounds of the zoo. The...

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I looked out my front door, and there she was

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169448) • United States 14 Jul 17

There she was, he was, it was. . . I am not sure. I do not know how to tell gender on an armadillo, and it was not telling. It also was not scaring very easily, but I did not have a camera handy. I am sure this is what tore up...

possum in a flak jacket

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Hard Shell Animal? A six-banded Armadillo

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94909) • United States 31 Mar 16

I used to go to the Zoo + Theme Parks often and would snap photos of animals, creatures, flowers, etc but when I go back to the photos - I have no clue what I took a picture of. For example: This is a photo I took and my...

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Forget gun control; what America needs is ARMADILLO control!

Boingboing @boiboing (13147) • Northampton, England 27 Oct 15

As someone who hates guns and would happily see most of them wiped off the face of the earth, I take a certain smug pleasure in collecting crazy stories about Americans shooting themselves, their relatives or their friends 'by...

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Armadillo At The Ocean

missliss08 @missliss08 (766) • United States 24 Mar 10

We have family here visiting us, here in Florida. We live about an hour from the Gulf of Mexico, and we took them to our favorite quiet beach spot today. This is a dead armadillo we found just lying up on a rock. It was definitely...