LB, at least they aren't squirrels
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:44 pm
Armadillos Are Invading St. Louis
When I lived in Wichita, KS and was driving back from Texas one time, I spotted an armadillo off the side of the highway about half an hour north of Oklahoma City. I thought then it was too far north for them.
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For more than a century, the relentless grub eaters have crawled ever north, crossing nations once thought too distant into new landscapes once thought too cold. Every time biologists thought the bald little tanks had traveled as far as they could go, they swam another river or blindly raced through another field after sunset.
Now they’re here: Armadillos have reached the doorstep of St. Louis.
When I lived in Wichita, KS and was driving back from Texas one time, I spotted an armadillo off the side of the highway about half an hour north of Oklahoma City. I thought then it was too far north for them.
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