### animal | vertebrate | mammal:

Armadillo
* All armadillos are strictly terrestrial, but some are strong swimmers
  - have shells, made of true bone, that cover their backs
  - live in Central and South America, except for one species
* Many armadillos are nocturnal
  - can curl into a ball when threatened by predators
* Most armadillos also have bony rings or plates that protect their tails
  - capture insect prey
  - curl into balls
  - dig holes
  - do have teeth
* Most armadillos eat ants
  - insects
  - small invertebrates like ants, beetles, and grubs
  - emerge from burrows
  - feed on termites
* Most armadillos has-part noses
* Most armadillos have body temperature
  - bones
  - claws
  - eyesights
  - habits
* Most armadillos have hard outer shells
  - hinges
* Most armadillos have leathery shells
  - skin
  - legs
  - limb bones
  - long claws
* Most armadillos have lower body temperature
* Most armadillos have poor eyesights
  - vision
  - senses
  - soft shells
  - sticky tongues
  - stout legs
  - strong claws
  - thick bones
  - toes
  - hide in burrows
  - keep burrows
  - live in habitats
  - maintain body temperature
* Most armadillos maintain low body temperature
  - make burrows
  - move heads
  - produce offspring
* Most armadillos reach ages
  - maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - rely on senses
* Most armadillos use long noses
* Some armadillos are bleed to death
  - very small, while others are huge
  - build burrows
  - carry parasites
  - conserve energy
  - destroy nests
  - eat grubs
  - enter water
* Some armadillos exist in density
  - high density
* Some armadillos feed on fruit
  - reptiles
  - small reptiles
* Some armadillos has-part teeth
* Some armadillos have an unusual gait
  - armor
  - bands
  - body armor
  - bugs
  - distribution
  - few natural enemies
  - implantations
  - many natural predators
* Some armadillos have natural enemies
  - pups
  - short legs
  - something called bands
  - hide nests
  - hold breaths
  - kill snakes
  - produce secretion
  - rely on safety
  - remain in burrows
  - stay with mothers
* Some armadillos use claws
  - front claws
  - heavy claws
* Some armadillos use large claws
  - walk on feet
* are books
  - video games
* belong to the same family of mammals as the sloth and anteaters.
* consume insects.
* cross roads.
* dig burrows
* eat a wide variety of different foods, ranging from insects to plants
  - grubs, earthworms, mole crickets and other invertebrates that live in the soil
  - insects in the earth
  - plants and dig into the ground to find insects and worms to eat
* feed on insects, snakes, fruit, and carrion
* gulp air.
* have ability
  - peg-like teeth
* have poor eyesight and depend on their sense of smell to locate prey under the soil
  - hearing, but a keen sense of smell
  - eyesight, but a keen sense of smell
  - problems with tapeworms
  - sensitive noses
  - small ears
* have strong claws for digging and burrowing
  - superstrong claws for digging their food up out of the earth
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* ingest air.
* is an edentate
* like to dig soft soil in order to find insects and worms
  - sleep all day and roam at night
  - swim, and they are very good at it
* live in burrows, where they find protection underground
  - on a variety of food
  - throughout much of South America and all of Central America
  - grunting sounds as they forage for food
* provide food.
* reproduce sexually, so the offspring have genetic contributions from both parents
* search for food.
* seek food.
* sense danger.
* share burrows.
* tend to dig many holes
  - have more than one burrow, some being active and others are forgotten