The Wild Armadillos of Illinois

In Florida, we have plenty of armadillos. They are amongst the most stupid of beasties that I have yet to encounter. One day I spotted one on a hiking trail. I was standing on top of him, and he just kept blithely rooting round, seemingly unaware that I could have been potentially the cause of his demise.

The last armadillo I saw the same thing happened. I stopped the car and walked up to it. It had no idea I was there. I had only done this because, here in Houston, the ones to be seen are already road kill. I was on the far side of Austin, not far from the lake where Willie Nelson has a house. When I drove away, the little creature was still rooting around near a barbwire fence and some cactus.

This thread has become as popular as one I started called Wild Dogs of Kentucky.

The wild dogs of Kentucky
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The wild wild dogs of Kentucky . . .