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Nine Banded Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Photo by rmassimiano
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Pretty decent sized and dense little guy. He was almost in a trance.

Habitat:

A Grenadian boy was showing his pet armadillo Kevin off to people.

Notes:

Kevins diet is 90% hotdogs. For real.

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Comments (1)
Apple
If it's a pet you will need to reclassify as a pet instead of a mammal. Cool spotting by the way.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo

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PublishedAugust 31, 2011

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