December 25, 2006

Armadillos Marching North to Illinois

"We've had armadillos killed on the road just about every year" since 2003, says (the Jackson County animal-control chief Lloyd) Nelson, reflecting what wildlife specialists say is ample evidence that the creatures with the pencil-thin tail are nudging their way northward from their southern U.S. climes.

"We've got them in Nebraska; that's as far north as we have any records," said Lynn Robbins, a biology professor at Missouri State University. "They're adapting, filling in so many places."

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~Can armadilllos march? From films I've seen I'ld say they waddle, scuttle, or scurry and are incapable of marching.
They're probably quicker then they look.

Posted by Stubbornson at December 25, 2006 07:34 AM