Posted on 06/18/2004 5:47:54 AM PDT by Broker
Motorists in Northeast Atlanta greeted the arrival of "Bob" the Armadillo this morning. This migratory member of the Dasypodidae family could be the first such visitor in the 285 perimeter's Platinum Triangle. Bob died on the road side, his head pointed north bound to Marietta. Rubber neckers and readers alike can ponder this development. An ever widdening range for this curious digger from the deep south.
The road is an underpass of 285. Bob lay on his back in peaceful repose with his hairy pink skinned underbelly exposed. A simple curiosity that didn't hinder traffic like the contractors ladders or mattresses we so often see.
Hee hee. Another of the many great things about dogs -- they are simultaneously brilliant and clueless.
Hmm. Dragon's Teeth? Very small antiarmor weapons? Radio-controlled A-10? I'm envisioning a TOW launcher that fires a missile the size of a cigarette.
When I moved out from the west coast, I saw some alive in the daytime along I-20.
I know that you folks who farm and ranch and garden have real problems with critters like Armadillos and prairie dogs and raccoons and such, and I understand when you have to take care of business- but I like the little monsters and consider it a treat to spot one.
Neither does anything else, except chicken. Rattlesnake most certainly does not, but it is often described that way. It has a funny 'reptilian' taste, and the meat has a different texture. It's also difficult to eat; I recomment a scalpel and a pair of pliers, rather than a knife and fork.
Probably because they're nocturnal, for the most part.
We live in a city in Florida, a residential neighborhood, but very near a nature preserve type park.
I've seen armadillo, opposum, and racoons all wander through my yard (even had a gator in the backyard once, LOL).
Only once or twice have I ever seen one in the daytime.
Sounds like a land crab.
We lived in the Caymans for a couple years and there were huge land crabs there. They would get into your house sometimes and hide in the closets, then in the middle of the night you'd hear this scratching. First time I had one in the house, I thought we had a rat in the house, but it turned out to be a crab.
Just googled "land crab" and "georgia" and came up with this link. Check out the last listing on the bottom of the page, they seem to have invaded your "ecosystem".
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/georgia/press/press906.html
It may have been Teddy Kennedy.
I wish I could tell you how to keep them out of your yard. Every morning I have small cone shaped holes in my yard. I have a wire fence that you would think they couldn't get thru. But it is the rabbits that I hate the most. They are eating my flowers & I & my 4 Jack Russel Terriers can't stop them. I live in the heart of Houston too. ARGGGGGGGGG wild life!
Mississippi is full of them. Our farm seems to be Armadillo Central, but we have two dogs that enjoy dispatching them to 'Dilla Valhalla.
If you don't have grubs (june bug larva), then one won't be comming into your yard. You can snicker at your neighbors who yards are torn up and say "yep, you got grubs".
We've had 'em come up to the back door. They are pests.
I've eaten snake, beaver, alligator, frog, cicada, grasshopper, cow brain (before I had heard of mad cow disease...) and numerous other 'different' foodstuffs. I can't even fathom eating armadillo. What in the world prompted that?
I've heard my dad talk about when a heard of deer was spotted near by, eventually the news got around by phone and there was almost a traffic jamb out in the country where they still live in Hillsdale, Michigan.
As far as the Armadillo's go, We had one killed on a city road here in Murfreesboro, Tennessee a few years ago(were in the middle of Tennessee).
LoL - just like that!
That pix looks like Bob.
I grew up out your way in Hanover. Spent plenty of saturdays at the skating rink when i was a teen in the 80s.
I live within a mile of the Capitol, so I am really in an urban neighborhood - but the neighborhood has lots of trees and is bordered by a huge park. We have a gazillion squirrels, raccoons, possums, occasionally a rabbit, and a few summers ago a black bear wandered through. I would like to see a living armadillo at some point - but not in my yard.
No matter how many times a diller is run over the tail still looks fine.
I used to try to kill them as they dig little holes all over the yard but I got to noticing the holes go away after a couple of rains and they are probably eating harmful insects.
My dog will chase them but never seems to catch one.
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