Meet Frank, hel'll change how you see armadillos

[catbyte]

[debm55]

1. Thank you , catbyte. I like Frank.

[Bayard]

2. Possum with armour

[buzzycrumbhunger]

5. Their closest relative...

… is actually the ANTEATER!

[Solly Mack]

3. :)

[buzzycrumbhunger]

4. Love them!

We had a pair of armadillos dig a nest under our lanai (I’m in FL, so these are 9-banded armadillos) and eventually emerged with four little ones. They were ADORABLE, and fearless. It was really sad when they grew old enough to venture out of the back yard and head into the vacant lots across the street, but it was a privilege to be able to see them grow up.

[catbyte]

6. That's awesome! Thanks for sharing your pictures.

I read that armadillos have made their way into Michigan so I hope to meet one someday.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. We traveled to LA back in the 70s -- it was our first time seeing armadillos. They weren't found further north then.

They sure have been spreading rapidly ever since. Can you guess why ?? Hint: it's due to a fraud !

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[TexasBushwhacker]

9. Yup, they always have identical quads

[LeftInTX]

7. They carry leprosy. That's why Florida has a resurgence.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

8. Yup

That’s what kept me from touching them when they’d come close…They didn’t make it easy, though!

[TommieMommy]

11. Frank is adorable 💙💙 he's having so much fun

[Ponietz]

12. Frank thinks the balls are other male armadillos methinks

[LeftInTX]

13. Nine banded armadillos have only been in the US since the late 19th Century.

They are on the run!

I think they either have poor hearing or poor eyesight.

[Laffy Kat]

14. I love and want to protect all critters.

Yet, I don't think I could bring myself to pick Frank up. There's something about their undersides that gross me out. I do think they are very cute, though. Down south where I grew up, we called them possums on the half-shell.

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. Frank is very cute 🥰