Baby Armadillos

A litter of four baby armadillos have been taken in by environmental activist Kamilo Lara after their mother was killed by poachers in Nicaragua. When the pictures in this article were taken, they were a mere four days old.
When they are old enough - in about two months' time - Mr Lara will release them back into the wild.

The tiny creatures, who are being bottle-fed, are Common Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), an endangered species, and were found and rescued by Mr Lara of environmental organisation Alerta Mundial (World Alert).

Mr Lara eventually wants to create a rescue centre that will focus on restoring the natural habitat of the armadillos and other at-risk creatures.

Link -via Unique Daily

I cannot stand the things. They do nothing but dig 100s of holes here. But it seems as they all have been killed off here since holes are nowhere near as common as they were years ago.

Imagine trying to walk across a yard or mow the lawn when you are tripping and riding over 100s of holes.
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These Armored Possums don't seem to be terribly endangered where I am now, but I do realize what might have caused them to cross the Mississippi River via Bridge just to be here, is the fact they were either outgrowing or being run out of their earlier habitat. Twenty years ago, Armadillos were rare east of the Mississippi.

The fact that you see more of an animal does not necessarily correlate with there being more, it usually means they are becming unusually nomadic because they are losing their old home.
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Wow.... some very heartless people it seems.
I don't like rabbits digging in my garden and eating my veggies, but I'd never even think twice about killing them. I just fenced in my garden so they can't get in. Problem solved....
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I recently moved from Orlando to a very small town in Missouri.

It seemed that run over armas have replaced mile markers.
It was sad but in a twisted way, quite funny at the same time.
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The are not endangered. From Wikipedia:

"The nine-banded armadillo [Dasypus novemcinctus] has been rapidly expanding its range both north and east within the United States."

"The primary cause of this rapid expansion is explained simply by the existence of few or no natural predators of the armadillo within the United States, little desire on the part of Americans to hunt or eat the armadillo, and the animal's high reproductive rate."

"It is speculated that the northern expansion of the armadillo will continue until the species reaches as far north as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey and all points southward on the East Coast of the United States."

"Outside the United States, the nine-banded armadillo ranges southward through Central and South America into northern Argentina and Uruguay, where it is still expanding its range."
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