Besides being adorable tactical assault possums, ALMOST ALL ARMADILLOS ARE BORN AS IDENTICAL QUADRUPLETS. (sorry, I *have* to shout this) It's a quirk of their reproductive system called polyembryony, an adaptation to an incredibly small implantation site in the 'dillo uterus.

amazing! 🤩

Why is the top right dillo not maintaining formation?

"tactical assault possums" 🤣

Down my street, a new bike lane has been built and little protectors / dividers have been installed. They look like Armadillos that have been run over by a truck.

Huh. I did not know that one. I thought this was heading to the same ol' "carries leprosy" well.

Interesting!

Lucky animal getting to start out with extra lives ❤️❤️❤️🤍

are they called a platoon instead of a litter?

There's only room for one fertilized egg to implant, so to ensure sufficient population growth to replace all the 'dillos that die crossing roads ☠️☹️, there's a pathway that triggers a split, then another split, to produce four genetically identical siblings.

Never enough news about armadillos--next thread needs to be about the pink fairy armadillo