So this is how you usually see armadillos?
Dead, by the side of the road. Killed by some cowboy in a pick up truck.
Yeah, that's what we thought. You have this image of a "throw-back" animal from before recorded history.
But here we are! All over our native country - Armadillia. Except some sword swishing Spaniards came along and took it. Then some Mexicans came along and started plowing our nice fields and bringing in cattle! Soon enough, some gun-toten cowpokes came along it took it. Next thing you know they call it Texas and eventually it becomes part of the United States of America.
So much for Armadillia. At least the Spanish-speakers looked at us and took the name of our country and called us "armadillos" - which means "little armored one" in Spanish.
The Texans made us the state mammal. We armadillos sure didn't make the Texas or the Spaniards or the Mexicans ANYTHING! We just say:
U.S. OUT OF ARMADILLIA!
The Texans took all the good land and left only the hard, baked dry soil. Well, did you know that armadillos can not survive when the soil is too hard? But that's all they left us. So we moved closer to town and to the bayous
Bayous are good places for us armadillos because we can swin underwater and hold our breath for up to six minutes. We sleep about 18 hours every day and when we're not sleeping or swiming or dodging pick up trucks, we eat about 40,000 ants, spiders and crickets in one meal.
So be nice to your local armadillos. SLOW DOWN!
Oh, and you can also be nice by visiting our
You're sure to find things that humans like, although you humans do have funny tastes! What's the matter with ants, spiders and crickets - and armor?
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