ARMADILLOS


 armadillo

  • The Giant Armadillo is the largest of the 20 armadillo species.
  • The Giant Armadillo avoids the daytime heat by resting in a burrow but emerges at night to feed.
  • Armadillos can roll themselves into a ball.
  • The largest armadillo is about 1.2m long.
  • The Giant Armadillo may weigh 50kg (110lb) but is both agile and graceful.
  • The Furtive fairy is the most secretive of its family, the fairy armadillo, lives a mole like life.
   

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