- Armadillos enjoy eating ants and they can devour up to 40,000 in one meal. Each armadillo eats up to 200 lbs of bugs a year. That's over 6 billion pounds of bugs for the entire US population of 'dillos per year.
- Armadillos sleep over 17 hours a day, with 3 hours of REM sleep. Humans only have 2 hours of REM sleep.
- Armadillos are the only mammals that always give birth to four identical young. All four develop from the same egg and share the same placenta.
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Armadillo Sightings
by Steve Klusmeyer - 3/11/2003
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The Other White Meat
Confirmed Sightings of Armadillos in Nebraska was one of the headline stories in this week's news. I even heard today that one was seen in Oregon. Native to South America, these walking tanks first appeared in Southern Texas around 1850 and have slowly migrated north ever since. This should be good news for northern gourmets. In some countries, armadillos are hunted for their meat. I understand it tastes like pork. Will there be a battle now to decide the official "other white meat"?
Strange But True
Some interesting facts about armadillos include:
How Did I Get Here
Experts haven't come up with any definite theory why the armadillos keep moving north. They also didn't think the animals would be able to adapt as far north as they have. But the armadillos defy the odds and just keep going. Will we see Canadian armadillos soon?
Perhaps you feel like an armadillo. You're not sure how you got here or where you're headed.
Maybe you've even become road-kill. Life doesn't have to be a mystery. You can find purpose
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Learn more about Armadillos
- Nine-Banded Armadillo
About Armadillos
Dillo-Scape
Read the Armadillo Migration news story