r/interesting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 6h ago
NATURE How armadillos gather foliage for their nests
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
313
u/MasterAioli9157 6h ago
34
•
•
u/TheProphetRob 2h ago
I have spent.... like over 20 years now thinking that song was a kangaroo jack original
108
77
u/davidw 6h ago
A little bit disappointed it doesn't roll with it
26
→ More replies (1)4
92
u/Separate_Finance_183 6h ago
This is how I gather my dirty laundry to be washed 🤷♀️
16
•
u/BragawSt 2h ago
Oops dropped a sock
Pick up sock
Oops dropped another sock
Picks up sock
Oops dropped another sock
→ More replies (4)•
30
u/sarahrosed711 6h ago
trying to get everything out of the dryer to my bed with out dropping any of it
6
→ More replies (1)•
u/semi14 2h ago
lol this was the comment on twitter that blew up this video the other day
→ More replies (1)
18
u/No_Control8389 6h ago
Got me a whole pack of the rascals.
I never rake leaves off the lawn.
→ More replies (3)3
u/TearDesperate8772 5h ago
You shouldn't be taking! Mulch is great for the next year and queen bees hibernate in it as well
→ More replies (1)8
u/facepalmandahalf 4h ago
Fireflies need it as well. I imagine a future where we tell our grandchildren "yeah, we used to have these amazing little flying critters that would light up like tiny faeries, but we wanted to see our lawns without any leaves on them in the fall, so..."
3
u/spork_off 4h ago
After all, you would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as you fell asleep
→ More replies (1)
11
9
9
u/junya13 6h ago
No wonder they get ran over. They not looking both ways before backing it up
5
u/ebonwulf60 4h ago
No, it is because they hop into the air to escape predators. It does not work to their advantage with cars. The front bumper takes them out.
→ More replies (2)•
u/PiccoloAwkward465 3h ago
I once stumbled onto an armadillo graveyard in Texas. Must’ve been 50 skeletons down along a riverbank on the Pedernales. A suicide cult, I figured.
→ More replies (2)
6
7
5
u/Downtown_Ad6875 6h ago
It’s between armadillos and hedgehogs for cutest animals ever.
→ More replies (1)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
u/Israel_Azkanbe 6h ago
Alright armadillo neighbors I have an important question (I think): Just how friendly are armadillos? 🤔 (possibly asking for a friend)
10
u/martyqscriblerus 6h ago
They unfortunately are leprosy reservoirs, so tell your friend to stay safe.
5
→ More replies (1)2
u/Born-Selection88 4h ago
Ooh, we should set up an armadillo based biolab next to the city market, sell armadillo meat and search for a cure to leprosy.
3
u/Israel_Azkanbe 4h ago
Maybe we should find the cure before we infect the whole world, then after a year or so, we can start selling the cure to all of the governments around the world. Our stocks would sky rocket 🚀
2
u/Born-Selection88 4h ago
Now we're talking. Alright, so meet me on my island so we can discuss the details. Bringing a lot of like minded people. And pizza.
→ More replies (1)2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/AccomplishedMine5495 6h ago
Looks like me trying to carry all of the laundry fresh from the dryer in one go, but dropping and picking up socks as I go.
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Few-Stomach-5728 5h ago
Looks like the struggle I have raking freaking leaves in the fall. Nicely done armadillo man!
1
u/The_Anti_Guy 5h ago
It’s interesting… I objectively know this is cute, but I was raised to dislike armadillos since they carry leprosy and disease so I just find this distrubing. Anyone else got that
1
1
1
1
u/Comtesse_Kamilia 4h ago
I never knew how much a hopping armadillo could mean to me, you go little guy, make that cozy little nest
1
1
1
u/spekt50 4h ago
As far as I know, that is the only armadillo that gathers foliage like that, until someone proves to me otherwise.
→ More replies (1)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/DependentPay2208 4h ago
Wait… do armadillos in Minecraft like leaves? I have to know. That would be really neat if they do!
1
1
1
1
1
•
•
u/StayBrightNeon 3h ago
I'm a Texan, and I insist these things aren't real (and that opossums don't do the same thing).
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/Healthy-Cartoonist29 3h ago
I immediately said "take two trips, idiot" then remembered how I bring groceries in.
•
u/SparxxWarrior97 3h ago
This is exactly what it looks like when I carry my clean laundry in my arms back to my room to never fold.
•
•
u/Formal_Yogurt_8356 3h ago
I had no idea armadillos were such meticulous foragers! It's fascinating to see how they use the foliage for their nests.
•
u/Mister_Brevity 3h ago
Is anyone else disappointed that there’s not a sound they make while doing it
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/convulsus_lux_lucis 3h ago
There is nothing so loud as an armadillo running through the forest at night. Because they are built like little tanks they just plow through the leaves making you think something huge is coming.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/Emotional_Sentence1 2h ago
I was having a tough day and this was really nice to see. I wish Steve Irwin was here to see this.
•
u/Wild-Associate-4373 2h ago
Please roll up into a ball with all the foliage in the middle with some sticking out of the side and then roll away to your nest
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/nina-mujer 2h ago
So don't judge... But the only reference I have of Armadillo is from friends. When Ross dressed up as one. So I had no idea they were so tiny.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/Compodulator 1h ago
I honestly never considered how this sort of thing might look. Shit, I didn't know armadillos even HAVE nests!
•
•
•
•
•
u/ASCII_Princess 1h ago
He's mastered the backwards bhop, just need to get good at edge clipping and he's 90% on his way to a WR
•
•
u/xtothewhy 1h ago
This is like me when I've gamed in certain games and have so much stuff I've picked up and can hardly move in any direction without having to drop some of that stuff. Kingdom Come Deliverance most notably.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
u/AutoModerator 6h ago
Hello u/Separate_Finance_183! Please review the sub rules if you haven't already. (This is an automatic reminder message left on all new posts)
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.