Sunday, June 01, 2003 :::

 

Amazing Armadillo Facts

A pound of armadillo meat contains 780 calories.

Most armadillos seen dead on the road did not get hit by the wheels. When an armadillo is frightened it jumps straight into the air.

Armadillos can be housebroken.

Armadillos have four babies at a time, always all the same sex. They are perfect quadruplets, the fertilized cell split into quarters, resulting in four identical armadillos.

Armadillos get an average of 18.5 hours of sleep per day.

Armadillos can walk underwater.

Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy.

::: posted by tinafish at 5:50 AM :::