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Since everyone has realized what big buddies aardvarks are I& #39;d like to remind folks that giant armadillos exist. They eat similar diets but are from different continents.

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If the giant armadillo is far too big for you to think about please check out the pink fairy armadillo which is a hamster sized armor buddy.

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Unlike other types of armadillos the Brazilian three banded armadillo can scrunch up into an actual ball.

Look at this little round child!

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Unlike other types of armadillos the Brazilian three banded armadillo can scrunch up into an actual ball.Look at this little round child!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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We have nine-banded armadillos in my area. They like digging up grubs and worms and ant beds like most armadillos. Nine-banded armadillos can not turn into balls but they are still adorable armor buds!

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There are 21 extant (living) species of armadillo & I do not know them all but I am sure they are all wonderful armored buddies.

You can read more about them here:

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Please do not try to pet armadillos. They can transmit things like leprosy and changas disease.That& #39;s not their fault, of course. They had to have gotten leprosy from Europeans as it wasn& #39;t in the Americas before Europeans showed up.

The nine-banded armadillo is the only armadillo species in North America (learned that today!)

You can read a bit more about all these little armored anteaters here:

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Armadillos | National Geographic

See which armadillos have a ball defending themselves and which don't. Unwrap the facts on these “little armored ones.”

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Armadillos aren& #39;t the only armored anteaters by the way.

Pangolins are their cousins!

These cute armor buddies are getting a bad rap right now & already had it bad from people poaching them but they& #39;re wonderful. They can become balls.

Read about them:
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I just learned about the screaming hairy armadillo which shrieks when handled.

I do not blame this little buddy for screaming.

I have wanted to scream a lot lately too.

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I also just learned about the big hairy armadillo which is one of the biggest types of armadillos!

Look at this big armored buddy!

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Armadillos are super cool as are all anteaters.

Enjoy this picture of a big hairy armadillo that is quite a mood. This armadillo speaks to how I& #39;ve felt lately.

I need to get back to resting.

Please have a wonderful day & try to get some rest.

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PS: Maybe one day I& #39;ll finally make a fantasy series that has an abundance of armadillo based creatures in it. I put a giant robot armadillo in a comic once (in Womathology: Heroic) because I like armadillos. XD

Now I go rest.

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One more armadillo thing before I go, back in the days of mega fauna there were GIGANTIC armadillos who they& #39;ve done DNA tests on which proved they were armadillos.

Meet glyptodon!

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Glyptodon were wild! Such big armored buddies!

More reading:

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I love armadillos!

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Now I will get back to resting as I think about how to work cow-sized armadillos into a fantasy series.

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