#armadilloposting

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Large Hairy Armadillo, unknown photographer, (source)

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Armadillos can jump three feet straight up in the air.

They always give birth to identical quadruplets. One egg is fertilized by one sperm, then splits into four embryos. Every armadillo is a clone.

They carry leprosy but do not actually suffer from it because its incubation period is longer than the twelve-ish years an armadillo lives.

They're not very good at swimming but they can avoid drowning by sucking air into their digestive system and inflating their intestines so they'll float.

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Southern Three-banded Armadillo, unknown photographer, (source)

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Six-Banded Armadillo, unknown photographer, (source)

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Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo, photographed by Jan Ebr, (source)

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Hairy Long-Nosed Armadillo, photographed by André Bärtschi, (source)

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Llanos Long-Nosed Armadillo, photographed by Diego Rodriguez, (source)

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Southern Naked-Tailed Armadillo, photographed by Michel Gunther, (source)