Armadillo!

[emmagrant01]

snapetoy posted pictures and a video of kangaroos in her yard, which probably seems utterly mundane to the Aussies on her flist, but totally amazing to me. And then I thought hey, I could post pics and a video of a weird-looking animal very common in my part of the world.

And so I present: The Armadillo.

Most commonly seen dead and squashed on the roads of Texas, these bizarre little creatures are generally nocturnal. But as you see in these pics, they are often out and about at dawn, rooting through your grass for worms and bugs. This one was in my back yard one morning last spring.







And here's video!

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What are your weird animals? Got pictures?

Comments

[wendy.livejournal.com]

The ones I see usually look a little more...smashed. Sadly.

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I know! The reason I videotaped this one was that it was just calmly rroting around by my deck. I usually only catch glimpses of them as they scurry away, but this one basically ignored me.