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Giant armadillo front claws can be more than 7 inches long... They give Isabelle the ability rip open termite mounds and and excavate burrows in really hard ground. She is a living bulldozer.
A video shows a rare sighting of armadillo quadruplets in Texas. Here are 8 fun facts about the species that you probably don't know.
Cut marks found on giant armadillo fossils suggest the presence of early humans in what’s now Argentina more than 20,000 years ago — far earlier than once thought.
A video shows a rare sighting of armadillo quadruplets in Texas. Here are 8 fun facts about the species that you probably don't know.
Geologists have discovered hundreds of networks of mysterious caves in Brazil that they believe were dug by an enormous prehistoric animal of some kind, such as a giant sloth or giant armadillo ...
Despite its hard shell and 20 centimeter-long scimitar-shaped claws, the giant armadillo is hugely imperiled by hunting, with scientists warning that it can quickly vanish for good when ...
The giant armadillo is protected by an armor comprising scales, and armed with scythe-shaped claws. The largest claw measured was about 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) long — bigger than those of a ...
To find food, the giant armadillo digs the ground with its robust legs and powerful claws. The central claw can measure up to 20cm! This digging capacity allows the giant armadillo to build ...
A striking feature of the giant armadillo is its middle front claw, which can stretch to more than seven inches. Baby Tim, captured on video at an estimated five months old, could grow to be five ...
The rubbervine weed (Cryptostegia madagascariensis), also known as devil’s claw, was originally imported from Madagascar as an ornamental plant.