Texas Rural Tour Image 8: Offroad Armadillo

Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 15 February 2009 in Animal & Insect.

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Comments (10)

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

A perfect shot, I always think these animals look prehistoric, maybe back then they were huge !

15 Feb 2009 5:42am

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

and they came up out of Texas into Arkansas a loooong time ago:-) Strange creatures. Nice capture.

15 Feb 2009 6:18am

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

Wow well captured!!! I love these dear creatures!!

15 Feb 2009 9:57am

Marcah from United States

Wonderful composition and fun creature.

15 Feb 2009 11:21am

dang from Atlanta, United States

I assume these guys are harmless, but they'd scare the dickens out of me if I ran across one unexpectedly, especially at night! The shots nice, but hope they don't migrate East. ;-)

15 Feb 2009 3:52pm

@dang: Very timid and docile. Some people keep them as pets, but up to about 25% of them carry the leprosy virus --depending on location-- so I wouldn't recommend it.

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

You're a master of your tele zoom, really cool!

15 Feb 2009 10:09pm

bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada

Such an interesting creature! I can't imagine coming across one of these just roaming around. Cool shot.

16 Feb 2009 6:04am

@bluechameleon: This day I must have seen 50 of them --not together of course. Either there are more roaming in daylight than in the past or I just wasn't very observant until I started taking wildlife photos.

Barbara from Florida, United States

Superb! I like the selective focus and low angle you captured this from. They are unusual and interesting creatures. Well spotted, especially since they are nocturnal.
Excellent shot.

16 Feb 2009 1:22pm