Sheepworrier; My sincere apologies for not freeing your comment sooner, but I’m a dial-up whore and *somebody* took down the local telephone exchange on Friday in an effort to thwart my comebacks.
I quite like Armadillos, but the information you have above is sadly incorrect. Everybody knows that armadillos are made of tortoises and hedgehogs, just ask Mr. Kipling.

Jo; I ALWAYS need inspirational female brains on my side! I like the craftiness of it all.

NICE HAT!!! It’ll go well with the combats JD made for us!!! Thank you soundly.

TheChrisD; Would you like to partake of a shot from my side and join the inimitable army?

Except it’s half three in the morning, and I have a race weekend to watch in just over two hours…

A major portion of the armadillo’s time spent outside its burrow is devoted to feeding. They typically start foraging as they emerge from their burrow and move at a slow pace following an often erratic course. Prey is apparently detected by smell, although sound also may play a role. Typical foraging behavior involves quickly probing with the nose and occasionally pausing to dig for prey. Armadillos are opportunistic feeders and consume a wide variety of food items. Invertebrates, primarily insects, make up roughly 90 percent of their diet. Small vertebrates and plant material make up the remainder of their diet. Researchers also have seen evidence of armadillos feeding on small reptiles and amphibians, the eggs of ground-nesting birds, and carrion. Armadillos seem to exhibit a polygynous mating system, with most females paired with a single male and most males paired with more than one female. Den burrows have an enlarged nest chamber and are more complicated than a burrow dug for other purposes. The nest is a bulky mass of dried plant debris crammed into the nest chamber without any obvious structure. Armadillos in areas with poorly drained soils will construct above ground nests of dry plant material. Most breeding among armadillos occurs during the summer (June-August). The normal gestation period is 8 to 9 months, with most young born between February and May. The armadillo exhibits monozygotic polyembryony in which a single fertilized egg normally gives rise to four separate embryos at the blastula stage of development. This results in a litter of four genetically identical haploid clone offspring. Dasypus is the only genus of vertebrates in which this reproductive phenomenon occurs. The offspring are precocial and begin accompanying the female outside of the burrow at about 2 to 3 months of age. By 3 to 4 months, the young are self-sufficient. Most males reach sexual maturity between 6 to 12 months of age, but females do not become sexually mature until they are 1 to 2 years old.

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You’ve already lost.