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By an angry armadillo named Sherman today.  Good thing his legs are short, he can't really do much damage. Unless you happen to be a banana.  Which I am not.  But he was growling. I didn't even know he could growl.

OMG!!!!  I had a similar experience with a ferrett not so long ago.........do  people keep armadillo's as pets??Oh Linda, you so made me laugh. I say this topic...I got attacked not expecting you had been mugged by a short legged Sherman. Thank you for the giggle. I am still giggling. Need to giggle with this disease so badly.

I am so glad you are alive and well after the seriousness of that attack.

Nah, Sherman isn't a pet exactly.  My bro and his wife have a little business called Science Alive.  Schools hire them to bring the animals in as kind of a supplement to their science program.  It's pretty sweet, kids get to learn about these animals close up, things you would see on anaimal planet or the discovery channel.  So anyway, I work for my brother as his animal keeper.  I guess I made Sherman mad when I blocked his exit from his pen with my foot.  But when he escapes he always runs under the Toucan cage so I have lay on my belly and pull him out by his tail, which is also not a big hit with him. Or me.

I counted 4 belly up armidillos on the highway the other day. And the couple splatters in the road was more than likely armidillos... sure did look like it!

Linda,

What an interesting job you do and a great idea for kids to learn more.

Sherman sounds like a feisty one.
The visual, the visual!!!!!!  I never realized that armadillos had personalities, guess you can call aggression part of a personality.  I just watched a food show last night with Andrew Zimer and he was eating armadillios in Oxaca, Mexico.  Said they were pretty tasty.  Just threaten Sherman with the BBQ thongs and that should get him in line.  LindyWell, Sherman isn't your typical 9 banded armadillo that you see on the roadside down south.  That would be Dilbert, who has never attacked me but offends me with his odor on a daily basis.  Sherman is a "hairy armadillo" commonly found in Bolivia and Chile.  And he is hairy.Take a pic sometime and post it.

This is the funniest thread I've seen in a while

I can just picture you lying on your belly under a toucan cage catching a "hairy" armadillo by the tail.

You must have a lot of fun during the day.

Hugs, Nini

 

Hi, I've only seen one armadillo in my life and it was right here in Morro Bay. It was running 'to beat the band' across the Morro Bay Golf Course at 9 am in the morning. Now, I'm good with animals, but I woulda thought is was an opossum, but luckily we were playing golf with a couple of retired biology professors from Cal Poly University. They know their arma's from the oposs's! We were so impressed with the speed of the little critter that we ended up with an eagle and a birdie on the hole....LyndaSo you kept with the animal theme then!!  I'm not a golfer, are those good to get?I teach middle school science. I had animals in my class a few years ago.
We were studying classification of organisms-Kingdom, Phyla, Class,
Order, and so on... Anyway, one of the animals that was brought in was
an owl. Cute little thing. That is until the bell rang to switch classes.
Then it would promptly jump around my room, fluttering it's wings, and
for lack of a better word "poop" all over the place. The year before the
llama wondered off and ended up in the front office. Needless to say, the
administration always wants a heads up when the animals come to
school!Ok just show him the BBQ tongs, and if they does not straighten him out, show him a pic of a possum that is roadkill and ask him if he would like his picture took like that.
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