OK so I am a Naturalist and used to be a Zoo keeper so I must add some fun facts about this critter.
1) Armadillos always give birth to four identical young, the only mammal known to do so. All four young develop from the same egg, and they even share the same placenta.
2) Armadillo teeth have no enamel
3)Baby armadillos have soft shells, like human fingernails. They get harder as the animal grows, depositing bone under the skin to make a solid shell.
4) And last but not least… The male can use his penis as a hand like apendage. He uses it to scratch his face clean his ears and so on. He can also use it as a leg to hep him reach heights and stand on his hind legs. His penis can be directed in any direction.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
OK so I am a Naturalist and used to be a Zoo keeper so I must add some fun facts about this critter.
1) Armadillos always give birth to four identical young, the only mammal known to do so. All four young develop from the same egg, and they even share the same placenta.
2) Armadillo teeth have no enamel
3)Baby armadillos have soft shells, like human fingernails. They get harder as the animal grows, depositing bone under the skin to make a solid shell.
4) And last but not least… The male can use his penis as a hand like apendage. He uses it to scratch his face clean his ears and so on. He can also use it as a leg to hep him reach heights and stand on his hind legs. His penis can be directed in any direction.
So hope you all learned something
March 13th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Never knew that there was so much to learn about an Armadillo!