I am a retired exterminator in Baldwin County, formerly specializing in the total destruction of fire ants. I can still get a thrill remembering Dr. Salvo's fearless experiments with teams of armadilloes sweeping through the fireants like Sherman's march to the sea. Yours, Henri Fabre, lover of ants and anteater Mon Cher Professor Fabre, Your modesty certainly eclipses your other gifts and rare qualities. Anyway, there was and is, news of the fascinating little travelers, first as to his recent geographic expansionism. Somebody who loves armadilloes should warm them away from Nashville, which is the home, or lair, of Road Kill Bill.
Armadillos tend to roam.
Lately, they've been roaming north of their south Alabama habitat. People complain about the armadillo habit of burrowing under house foundations and gardens. Their burrows trip and injure cattle. Stan Stewart, a state conservation biologist, said that as the animals breed they disperse. Their range had been as far north as Bibb County, but it has expanded.