Armadillos can jump

davek · Aug 6, 2020

I wish I had a video of this.
This evening I saw an armadillo crossing the yard. I had a 10" plastic plate in my hand and tossed it like a Frisbee at the 'dillo. At the last moment the 'dillo jumped over the plate like a deer jumping a fence. I was certainly surprised.
I had no idea those critters could jump.

CorpsVet · Aug 6, 2020

I was told that the reason so many are killed on the highway is that as a vehicle appproaches at speed it startles the dillo and they jump stright up as a defense mechanismand get "smacked". If they just stayed in the groud the vehicle would likely just pass over.

adamsredlines · Aug 6, 2020

Yep, its all bad when you "scare" one with your car...instead of getting it with your tires it jumps and takes out your grill. I found out the hard way when one ran out into the road, saw my truck and jumped...

mightymouse · Aug 6, 2020

CorpsVet said:
I was told that the reason so many are killed on the highway is that as a vehicle approaches at speed it startles the dillo and they jump straight up as a defense mechanism and get "smacked".

That is also the reason why the armadillo is known as "the state bird of Texas".

Perplexed · Aug 6, 2020

What do you call one of those that was the victim of road kill?

Armadillo on the half shell.

SoonerP226 · Aug 6, 2020

They're about as oblivious as you can get, but once they get startled, those suckers can haul ass. I startled one that was digging in my hay field; it jumped a couple of feet in the air then took off like a scalded dog, bounding over knee-high hay all the way.

SoonerP226 · Aug 6, 2020

Perplexed said:
What do you call one of those that was the victim of road kill?

Armadillo on the half shell.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To prove to the armadillo that it could be done.

Paul Rodriguez said he once had some armadillo boots. He was crossing the road one night when he saw headlights come up over a rise, and the boots froze right there in the middle of the road...

Aries · Aug 6, 2020

I ran over one once, went right over it with the front passenger side tire.

Felt like I had run over a cinder block.

ttown · Aug 6, 2020

Yep my little dog though she'd chase one, they can jump about 3 feet high and squell like a pig while hauling butt.

You grab em by the tail while spinning them around to capture one. If you don't spin plan on getting peed on I'm told by an old Texas boy.

I have pictures of one I shot one morning just before 6 Am. He kept digging up my fruit trees and under my neighbors fence. I can tell you one thing underwood 124g spear gold dots at 1300fps overpentrates it blew though the back and belly in my g43. He went from digging like crazy to dead on report, good thing my backdrop was the ground. I now carry the same round in my .357 sig clocking at 1475 fps.

ttown · Aug 6, 2020

Double Post

Armadillos can jump

davek

Sharpshooter

CorpsVet

Sharpshooter

adamsredlines

Sharpshooter

mightymouse

Sharpshooter

Perplexed

Sharpshooter

SoonerP226

Sharpshooter

SoonerP226

Sharpshooter

Aries

Sharpshooter

ttown

Sharpshooter

Attachments

ttown

Sharpshooter

Similar threads

Latest posts

Armadillos can jump

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter

Attachments

Sharpshooter

Similar threads

Join the conversation!

Join today and get all the highlights of this community direct to your inbox. It's FREE!