thinking about life & its twists and turns today……a lot for an armadillo to deal with but i’ll be okay………….
In case anyone was worried about this little guy
Thank you, I was 😀
armadillo, born and raised in the desert for years without seeing a large body of water: *sees a pool* ohhhhh fuck yeag im goin in that big puddle baby
of course they cant swim -_- .. they have been born and raised in a DESERT. not water it aint no fishhh you should save other armadillos i think they are murdering them for something i forgot what but they would murder them. for something like food? or value
i’m not sure what you’re trying to say with your last few sentences, but brokenblackcatskulls is not lying or relaying false info.
the nine banded armadillo is very much an excellent swimmer that can hold its breath for up to 6 minutes because its ancestors came from tropical areas in South America and they often had to cross bodies of waters.
while we often see them depicted in the desert, it should be noted that they do not inhabit barren stretches of sand, but regions that experience rainfall and have vegatation. prolonged drought kills them.
their presence in Texas—where these pictures were taken—is actually fairly recent, occuring over only the past few hundred years, and largely due to human intervention. people used to keep them as both exotic pets and sources of food before they either escaped or were released into the wild and established a population. they are technically an invasive species.
The vast majority of mammals can swim, the exception being a few great apes. Many things that are not fish can swim. Nine-banded armadillos like the one above are actually very athletic little creatures, they run like jackrabbits. They more often live in scrubland or forests, and need to regularly drink water to stay alive.
Also, there is water in the desert, including pools of it. We call that an oasis and/or a vernal pool.
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