A Woolly Wonder
Something dark blocked the burrow’s entrance. As the Hairy Armadillo slowly came into view, it paused briefly while showing off a raised, long-nailed fore-paw. The posture seemed an appropriate visual expression for this well-equipped fossorial mammal, while its hirsute garb bore witness to its name. It was a woolly wonder.
~ Anecdote and Hairy Armadillo capture, A Woolly Wonder © Jerry L. Ferrara