I keep pressing (well, this only happened on this and the last post) publish post right as I'm typing the title of the post. And on this last one, I muttered to myself "Edit Post" as if reminding my brain what to click. Haha...ha...ha. Anyways,
Did you guys know that armadillo is Spanish for little armored one?
Oh wait. Before we move on to what will inevitably be a long information-filled post that probably no one will care about except perhaps myself and my future self looking back on it as a resource. Let me just get an annoyance in there, for good measure. Annoyance 0.3: when people don't care about something someone else is doing, but watch/read/participate in the whole thing, complaining the entire length of however long the activity takes, then informs you how no one cares, and gives everyone who asks them about it a scathing review. If you don't care, don't be a part of it.
Get this. I always thought of armadillos as little tykes, but really they're usually about 30 inches in length. Which is about....2 and a half feet. Man. I always thought they were like half a foot long. So that was a culture shock. I don't know what culture, but I definitely felt culture shock.
Oh. So some armadillos can be 5 feet long, some can be four inches long. But the average is as listed above. The 'armor' is made of these little scales called scutes. (Good to bear in mind in case you're ever in dire need of a creative random fact).
The South American three-banded armadillos are the only ones that can actually roll up into a ball. Other have too many plates (You can have too many plates? That's a bummer).
Aha. Okay, so the North American nine-banded dude jumps straight up when surprised, collides with car fenders, yada yada, thus the 'armadillo on road' collection of photos. They can stay underwater for six minutes and will sink unless they blow up their stomach (with air, not explode it) which can double in size.
So there's some armadillo info, which will no doubt probably be of no help to you or me....ever.
But ya never know.
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OMigosh!!! That was like the funniest post. Well VERY funny, that is sure, Becca. It's so FUN and JOYOUS to read your writing again! And hey, another new blog. Like the new title. And stuff. And oh, dude that first part did in fact make me crack a large grin/chuckle to self. I loved the armadillo stuff! Because, lets face it, random facts, especially learning them from Becca with her amazzzzing writing skills is fun as hell. And yes, that Annoyance 0.3 is pretty much the definition of what happens on YouTube. And other places. I holeheartedly agree.
You make me laugh. And crack many smiles. (almost without trying) Thank you.
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