Are they edible?I think it carries leprosy. These critters are indeed a pest. They have been known to dig under foundations and they can quickly tear up a lawn as I have learned. I've got a shotgun ready to dispatch them but I never seen them when I am up. They can actually run pretty fast. Just get used to them. I've seen them up in Missouri.
Every armadillo I've seen - and there have been many - were on the side of the road with their legs in the air.
How badly did this screw up traffic?
Get a dog.
Build him a house near the garden.
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We've got 'em down here in east central GA. I always see 'em "spread-out" on the road/roadside.
Isn't it odd that they are this far east/south?
I wonder if they scavenge like racoons and possums?
I admit, I have been seeing more and more of them.
The toughest, gristliest meat I've ever eaten was armadillo. It does not taste like chicken.
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.
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".
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.
Global Warming kills armadillos! lol
She hasn't been in the South long so she didn't know the correct name for the animal that she hit, which was an armadillo.
My experience with them at night leads me to believe that they don't see too well. While taking a short walk, I came up on Boone who didn't see me until the last second and then took off running (making enough noise to sound like a much larger animal) and ran right into the side of a house.
The impact was so loud that the homeowner came outside to see what made the noise.
Are they edible?Move the checkpoint to E. Texas.