Hairy Armadillo

A Digging Dynamo Sources in the literature refer to the various armadillo species as being fairly nocturnal and crepuscular in their activity patterns. This one was caught while exiting its burrow entrance in the wilds of Chile during the day. Check out those bodacious claws used effectively in its fossorial way of life. They make this Hairy Armadillo a digging dynamo! ~ Anecdote and Hairy Armadillo capture, A Digging Dynamo © Jerry L. Ferrara

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