January 1, 2005

Dillos!

I’ve been watching bits-n-pieces of “The Most Extreme” on the Animal Planet channel…what a great show. The narration, the graphics, the humor, the comparison between animals and humans – it’s all done very well. So anyway…they profiled armadillos in one episode yesterday, and I discovered that the 9-Banded Armadillo gives birth to identical quadruplets. Always. Pretty bizarre, eh?

They are such strange-looking little creatures; remember the nasty ear-bugs (Ceti eels) used by Khan in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan“? Raise your hand if you thought that they were remarkably similar to armadillos. And dillos are often to being the punchline of many jokes, often involving failed attempts to cross the road.

Two related pieces of Armadillo Trivia:

When the city of San Antonio (yuck) was building a large domed stadium many years ago, there was much discussion about what it should be named…it wound up being called The AlamoDome, which is pretty cowardly (half of everything in San Antonio has the word “Alamo” in its name)…but there was a pretty vocal contingent of residents who demanded that the stadium be called the “Dillo Dome.”

The song “Rock Me Amadeus” resulted in a parody song called (IIRC) “Watch Out Armadillo” in which it was revealed that the armadillo is the state bird of Texas. I can’t find any reference to the song via Google…anybody else remember this tune, circa 1985/1986?

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Their official beer is Lonestar. They prefer the longnecks.

Comment by Tig — January 1, 2005 @ 12:21 pm
Identical quads? Yikes! One at a time is enough, thank you

Comment by Vicki — January 1, 2005 @ 5:03 pm
That show is pretty cool. I love to watch Animal Planet.

Comment by Aimee Roo — January 2, 2005 @ 11:17 am
Heh. Glad to see I’m not the only adult who digs those shows. They’re pretty cool!

Comment by Renee — January 3, 2005 @ 7:00 am
Armadillos are the only animals that can spread leprosy to humans. And they can jump really high.

I think they’re from another planet.

Comment by Rex — January 4, 2005 @ 5:14 pm
looking for the song watch out armadillo also please email me if you know it

Comment by david — January 26, 2005 @ 11:56 pm

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January 1, 2005

Dillos!

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