They sneak under fences and burrow tunnels to cross from Mexico into Texas. Then they go at night unnoticed straight into Arkansas and over the past few years they have populated MY area of the Ozarks in Southern Missouri. I hate them. Yes I do! Those armadillos ruin my yard, tear up my freshly planted flowers and make strange noises at night. Last night I saw two close together on the highway and even though I swerved radically I still managed to miss them. I stopped for a 4 foot king snake today but if it had been an armadillo I might have totalled my car trying to hit it.
Go ahead and laugh at my expense!!!
Here I am fretting over holes in my yard deep enough to discover oil from and you think its funny!!
Just wait til they get to your house!
And I don't want to hear any weeping heart liberals defending them either. They are evil! The Good Lord made kittens and the devil made them grow into cats
The Lord made cute little roly polys and the devil made them explode into armadillos
I expect Congress to allocate money for their health care soon
I may write a book "101 Uses for a Dead Armadillo" just to encourage their demise. We could have charmadillo bracelets, armadillo chairs, armadillo football helmets, ArmDillo-Sports Underwear, Armadillo Bowling balls, arma-lamps, bowls made from their shells to serve "Possum on the half shell" Any other ideas?
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gypsy29
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May 30 @ 11:34PM
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Redneck bowling?
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WhiteRose1952
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May 30 @ 11:37PM
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I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL...GROWING UP IN SOUTH TEXAS WELL THE ABILENE AREA WE HAD OUR SITUATIONS WITH THOSE DARE ARMADILLOS...I LIVED ON A SMALL COUNTRY FARM AND MY PARENTS HAD A BEAUTIFUL FRONT YARD, I CAN REMEMBER IT AS IF IT WAS YESTERDAY, MY MAMA WAS SO PLEASED WITH HOW BEAUTIFUL THE YARD TURNED OUT...SO AFTER HAVING A GREAT SUPPER OUTSIDE AND AFTER ADMIRING THE BEAUTY OF THE YARD WE ALL WENT TO BED...ONLY TO BE AWAKEN BY LOUD NOISES AND ALL KINDS OF HECK, LIGHTS CAME ON , MY MAMA HAVING A FIT AND COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING AT AND CRYING AND SCREAMING AND I SAID "DADDY, SOMETHING'S OUT THERE", HE GOT HIS 22 AND STOOD WATCH ALL NIGHT AND YES HE GOT SOME OF THOSE ARMADILLOS THOUGH NOT ALL...THEN CAME THE MORNING LIGHT, OH MY GOSH ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A BOMB HAD GONE OFF IN OUR FRONT YARD...THE HOLES THEY HAD MADE, OH IT WAS JUST AWFUL, THOUGH MY MAMA WAS VERY DETERMINED AND SAID, "THEY ARE NOT TAKING MY YARD OVER"!!! WELL, SHE WON!!! NOT SURE HOW SHE DID IT BUT WE ENDED UP HAVING THE BEST, AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL YARD IN TOWN....SINCE THEN I STILL DO NOT LIKE NOR CARE FOR THOSE CRITTERS, AND WHEN I SEE ONE, IT JUST BRINGS BACK SOME MEMORIES FOR ME!!! WHAT A WONDERFUL POST AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK THE GOOD MEMORIES FLOWING BACK, THAT YES SOMETHING CAN COME OUT BEAUTIFUL FROM THOSE CRITTERS!!!
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR POSTING OF THIS!!!
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ragtopcookie
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May 31 @ 12:02AM
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I remember my trip a few weeks ago to lousiana...we drove thru arkasas...and i saw my first dean armillido along the side of the road...in fact i counted about eight before we left the state......here in indiana...we dont have them......just possums and racoons.....in fact...the only place ive ever seen a live one was in the zoo......if we hadnt been on a major interstate...i would have stopped and taken a picture of one up close.......the unknown for me.....you see.......  ....cookie
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AverageJoe
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May 31 @ 12:06AM
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Andrew Zimmern of "Bizzare Foods" on the Travel Channel eats them all the time! Apparently they are tasty little critters. 
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Supremebeing412
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May 31 @ 12:13AM
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Come on now. The Armadillo isn't the problem humans are.
Liberal response club 
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ttomtarr
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May 31 @ 12:21AM
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Arghhh ! Those little fellows can carry hansen's disease (leprosy).
Many people think them stupid, but those people have obviously not tried to stop the 'dillos.
While they are common here in Florida, they are not natives, and arrived a century or so ago. Giant 'dillos populated Florida in prehistoric times.
The Bolivians make an instrument somewhat like a round back mandolin, with an armadillo shell for the back, called a chorongo. They are used in a lot of traditional Andean music.
They are careful family planners always having 4, not 3, not 5, but 4 offspring in a litter.
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travelwoman
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May 31 @ 12:37AM
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When living and working in an RV-park in southern Texas, one of my duties was to fill the armadillo holes (or should I say "craters"...)
I had 100% job security...... 
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signme
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May 31 @ 12:42AM
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Yep they are pests! I have one under my house, along with the racoons and possums! LOL But I have to say the baby ones are kind of cute. They look like little rocks with legs. But I agree about their destroying the yard. I have to be careful when I walk as it is and the dillo holes make walking in my yard a disaster area for me!
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street
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May 31 @ 2:06AM
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And they bring drugs w/them across the line ,,,which make's them my friend ..LOL KIDDING . Hey I been trying to bring back wanna them RUSSIAN"S for yr's in my back pack .
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1RockinDude
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May 31 @ 3:57AM
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I had never seen a Armadillo untill I moved to west Tennessee..The ones I see around here are roadkill..I have yet to see one alive.
Why they suddenly moved Northward..I havent a clue 
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gypsy29
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May 31 @ 11:53AM
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Take my advice and don't run over them. They are really hard on tires and rims. And it's just gross having to change a tire that is flat and has squished dillo on it.
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musicianfriend
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Jul 29 @ 3:58AM
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Back in the 70's..when I lived inTexas.....I worked at a company that had shipping docks out back...Out there worked two black men....They would cook their lunch there in a crock pot...
I went out there one day and told that that whatever they were cooking sure smelled good..
They invited me to lunch with them..
So I asked them what they were cooking....
They told me Armadillo stew..... 
Needless to say..I declined....lmao...
IT was sweet of them to invite me...and it sure did smell good..and I would have to guess to say that it probably tasted very good as well....but ..for me..I only eat the 'normal' meat.... Whatever that is..
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