Armadillo

=ARMADILLO APPREANCE: Armadillos have bands on top of their backs to protect themself. = = DIET: They like to eat animals like frogs and snakes and other animals like that. = = LIFECYCLE: Armadillos are cool little creatures.They are in the same order as Sloths and Anteaters but are much smaller.They have an armor-like protective they use for defense in the wild and live mostly in warmer environments. = = WEIGHT: Armadillos weight 100 pounds. = = SIZE: Armadillos can get the size of an adult Cat.However,there are Armadillos the size of cows in south America. = = Habiat: They live in creaks,streams and arroyos. = = PREATORS:Armadillos are mainly eaten by big cats of South America, and coyotes.Some Humans also eat armadillos. = = REPRODUCTION: = = ﻿ ﻿ ﻿   mating [|t] ﻿ [|akes place during a 2–3 month long mating season, which occurs from July–August in] he [|Northern Hemisphere][| and November–January in the][|South][| Hemisphere]. A single egg is fertilized, but implantation is delayed for 3–4 months to ensure the young will not be born during an unfavorable time. Once the [|zygote] does implant in the uterus, there is a gestation period of four months during which the zygote splits into four identical [|embryos], which each develop their own [|placenta] so blood and nutrients are not mixed between them. After birth, the [|quadruplets] remain in the burrow, living off the mother’s milk for approximately three months. They then begin to forage with the mother, eventually leaving after six months to a year.[|[4]][|[13]]= = Nine-banded armadillos reach sexual maturity at the age of one year, and reproduce every year for the rest of their 12–15 year lifespan. A single female can produce up to 56 young over the course of her life. This high reproductive rate is a major cause of the species’ rapid expansion ﻿ ﻿ ﻿   = =BEHAVIOUR:= =The armadillo is nocturnal by summer and diurnal in winter.=