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Armadillo
Registered:	May 8, 2004 5:55 AM

ID:	16790
Title:	User
Name:	The official Armadillo of Ecritters!
Gender:	Male
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Pets:	Armadillo, Dillow, Armadillo 2, Arma
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Last seen:	1036 weeks, 2 days, 11 hours, 57 minutes ago

Armadillo's Profile![/size] The only Armadillo of ecritters My Assistant! The power of Armadillos goes to: AquaKate! Please donate spiders Armadillo Society Members! crazy-sexy-cool Cyrillia Silver Flame Kitsune Araonrules380 Want to be my friend? Click here! Armadilo takes you to... ...The FAQs! ...The Eecode Guide! ...The Item List! ...Armadillo Online! ...the astonishing Armaillo! ...Home of the Armadillo! Favorite Things to say! "The Armadillo knows all, sees all and hears all. Trust No Armadillos." "The only official armadillo of ecritters!" "BWEE!" About Armordillow[/u] I'm an Armadillo! That means I like to run around, roll up in a ball, and ESPECIALLY HAVE FUN! Originally from Mexico, Texas, and parts of South America, my friends and I have been moving north in recent years, even as far as parts of Kansas! There's a rumor that we're aiming for Lawrence, but I can't confirm anything of that nature, ....yet Below you'll find a bit more information about me and the rest of my family. Family: Dasypodidae Order: Edentata Scientific classification: Nine-Banded (Peba) - Dasypus novemcinctus Six-Banded - Euphractus sexcinctus Three-Banded (Apar) - genus Tolypeutes Giant Armadillo - Priodontes maximus Other Names: Varmint, Critter, Dinsdale Close Relatives: Sloths, anteaters Range: Southern U.S. and Gulf Coast, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay Average Weight: 7 - 9 lbs Predators: Bobcats, wolves, coyotes, large trucks Diet: fungi, fruits, tubers, termites, ants, small vertebrates, and carion. (Personally, I prefer lots of fruits and veggies We Armadillos don't see well. Which doesn't matter much, because We're nocturnal. We don't hear well, either. But we do have long, sharp claws, and we have been known to eat lawyers and silly new age philosophers but not telemarketers. This was an ancient myth. Some armadillos grow up to be telemarketers nowadays, so it just goes to show you can't judge an armadillo by it's cover! ...er, shell The peba, or nine-banded armadillo (that's me!), is found in South and Central America and in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and parts of Florida. The six-banded armadillo; the three-banded armadillo, or apar; and the giant armadillo are among the South American species. They vary in size from the giant armadillo, which is almost 1 m (about 3 ft) long excluding the tail, to species only about 15 cm (about 6 in) long when fully grown. The layer of horn (hard material derived from our hair) and bony plates that protect us against predators is formed by the ossification of the greater part of the skin. In some of us even the tail is protected. In most species, except the giant armadillo, the shoulders and rump are each covered by a single large shield, and the middle of the body is covered by transverse bands that are movable and articulated, so that we can contract and curl up to cover our unprotected abdomen. Those three-banded armadillos can roll themselves into a super-tight ball. Despite short legs, we armadillos move relatively quickly, and with our strong feet and thick claws we can burrow with considerable speed. Our flesh is palatable and is sometimes used for human food (AHH! This is a good reason to become a vegetarian! ...Save the 'Dillos!) Fossil remains of gigantic extinct armadillos, notably the Glyptodonts, have been found in the Pleistocene rock strata of South America. The survival of several species, including the giant and the three-banded armadillos, is now in doubt because of hunting and encroachment on habitat (again... SAVE the 'DILLOS!) Armadillo Jokes Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To show the armadillo that it could be done. Q: How many [your favorite group to slander] does it take to eat an armadillo? A: Three: one to eat it, and two to watch for cars. Jan 2. A shoe shiner Jan 3. A nail file Jan 4. A Tennis ball Jan 5. A Rugby ball Jan 6. A Hair brush Jan 7. A Football Jan 8. A Foot-stand Jan 9. A box of nails which squeaks at night. Jan 10. An Aardvark in disguise Jan 11. A substitute cat Jan 12. Sex Jan 13. A night light Jan 14. A Door mat Jan 15. A Pillow Jan 16. A Windbreak Jan 17. Sunglasses Jan 18. A Sunshade Jan 19. Filler of potholes Jan 20. An Abacus Jan 21. A Replacement Pentium Processor (Armadillos CAN count, usually only to 3 though) Jan 22. A Replacement actor - Jan 23. * Armadillo King Jan 24. * Raiders of the lost armadillo Jan 25. A Mode of transportation Jan 26. A Politition Jan 27. A Shuttlecock Jan 28. A Television Presenter Jan 29. A Brick Jan 30. A Drum kit Jan 31. A Board rubber Feb 1. A Car bumper Feb 2. An Alternative Garfield car sticker Feb 3. An Ashtray Feb 4. A Whistle Feb 5. A British rail sandwich filling Feb 6. A Mouse mat Feb 7. A Pen and pencil holder Feb 8. A Baseball Feb 9. A Replacement lifeboat for the QE2 Feb 10. A Pinboard Feb 11. A Hitch Hikers guide to the galaxy [Count the days...] Feb 12. A Holiday villa Feb 13. A Toothpick Feb 14. A System manager Feb 15. A Small shiny thing on a stick which rocks back and forward (like an executive toy but not) Feb 16. An executive toy Feb 17. A cook Feb 18. A poster Feb 19. A hat stand Feb 20. A tree Feb 21. A telescope Feb 22. A model of Penelope Pitstop on acid Feb 23. A Car wash brush Feb 24. A Bag of pennies Feb 25. A Light fitting Feb 26. A small device to remove stones from horses hooves Feb 27. A name tag Feb 28. An aips tape rack Mar 1. An expert aips operator Mar 2. A window cleaners bucket Mar 3. A Fire extinguisher Mar 4. A remote controlled armadillo Mar 5. Floor tiles Mar 6. Space shuttle re-entry tiles Mar 7. A hair clip Mar 8. A brush for horses Mar 9. A polarised screen filter Mar 10. A shoe horn Mar 11. A dictionary (with very few words) Mar 12. A French polisher Mar 13. An air traffic controller Mar 14. A rack for storing marmalade Mar 15. A different quark flavour Mar 16. A filter for electromagnetic radiation Mar 17. A watch which only tells the correct time once a-day Mar 18. A weight in a football to make the ball curve in free kicks Mar 19. A small shower Mar 20. A Belgian marsh Mar 21. A small piece of chewing gum stuck under desks in secondary schools Mar 22. A substitute in football Mar 23. Magic (the gathering) playing counter Mar 24. A fuse Mar 25. A replacement letter 'T' Mar 26. A large South American country (but only for exports) Mar 27. An editor for Cosmopolitan Mar 28. An indoor firework Mar 29. A television dinner Mar 30. A trumpet mute Mar 31. A cover on your car to protect it from stray cats Apr 1. A dummy computer connector Apr 2. A hard hat Apr 3. A Manchester United supporter - no, too clever Apr 4. A traffic policeman Apr 5. Radiation detection badges Apr 6. A stylish alternative to model ducks Apr 7. An air hostess Apr 8. A pair of clogs Apr 9. A drinking partner Apr 10. A cat-o-nine tails Apr 11. A Frisbee Apr 12. A polarisation (position angle) calibration Apr 13. A mirror Apr 14. An unresolved point source (if far enough away) Apr 15. A box that goes ping Apr 16. A CD player Apr 17. A replacement 'control' key Apr 18. A hole punch Apr 19. A carburettor Apr 20. A wok Apr 21. A small extra in films that only gross £260,000 (or less) at the box office Apr 22. A stylish alternative to turkey at Christmas. Apr 23. A bicycle spanner Apr 24. A low-fat alternative to spam Apr 25. A no-use credit card Apr 26. A printer that goes sniffle Apr 27. A cake turntable to help with icing Apr 28. A piano stool Apr 29. Speed bumps. Apr 30. The object that makes the scraping sound on your window when you are just going to sleep. May 1. A jet intake cover May 2. A member of your household that goes Grrrr when salesmen come round. May 3. A spoon that changes colour when dipped into cold milk May 4. Dishwasher powder. May 5. An un-aerodynamic cannon ball May 6. Chariot-racing May 7. Body armour plates May 8. The crunchy bits in flapjacks May 9. A crazy paving stone May 10. As a stepping stone across crocodile-infested waters. May 11. Anti-echoic tiles for submarines. May 12. A Car sticker that waves as you go over bumps. May 13. Castors on an office chair. May 14. A type of booby trap that emits salad-cream at your supervisor while he wonders why you gave him this rather than a tie for his birthday. May 15. A scraper to remove bothersome flies from surfaces of photocopiers. May 16. Jacks to hold up houses while you replace bricks from the bottom up. May 17. A flack jacket. May 18. A car radio that screeches at thieves if they steal it. May 19. An anomaly. May 20. A paint pot. May 21. A chair. May 22. A trombone. May 23. A Hungarian nose picker. May 24. A small echo chamber. May 25. One of those things that sticks to your window and 'walks' down it ridiculously (since we all know that walking DOWN a window is silly). May 26. Biscuit crumbs. May 27. A small sparrow called Fremsley who can be eaten for tea with chips. May 28. One of those small toys that you wind up and does something which initially makes you almost grin because it is inane, before you realise it really is inane and watch it for hours. May 29. A great big small thing. May 30. A cotton reel. May 31. A burnt out box of matches. Jun 1. An eco-friendly machine that flattens bumps in the road, but due to manufactures recommendations it should only be used on a Friday. Jun 2. A condom. Jun 3. A door stop. Jun 4. A handbag. Jun 5. Somewhere to store a ruler. Jun 6. A snail that doesn't leave much of a trail. Jun 7. An alternative to chewing gum if you want to leave a lock gummed up. Jun 8. A kinky feather type thingy used during 'adult' games. Jun 9. A seat belt for fairground rides. Jun 10. A spaceship (how could I forget something like that). Jun 11. Something to stand on to give you a height advantage when you want to give more illuminating instructions on the stock market floor. Jun 12. A ballistic missile to fire towards an ex. Jun 13. A catch for a steam catapult on an aircraft carrier. Jun 14. A tub for the containment of lard. Jun 15. A Christmas tree decoration. Jun 16. A firework that won't work. Jun 17. A slightly heavy stick to use in the collection of conkers. Jun 18. A rawl plug. Jun 19. An alternative moose. Jun 20. A detector to check for wanderings in a cd's laser. Jun 21. A heat sink. Jun 22. Not very sticky blu-tack. Jun 23. A town crier. Jun 24. A base for baseball. You will have to secure it though. Jun 25. Something to hurl out of an aeroplane before you jump on a free-fall drop so you not only have something to aim for, but a soft landing also. Jun 26. Polarised sunglasses. Jun 27. An object to increase the tilt on slide projectors. Jun 28. A small ski lift. Jun 29. A piano stool. Jun 30. A fountain (thanks to Stewart who has just commented that there are a fountain of armadillo uses). Jul 1. A meatball in your soup. Jul 2. A toilet role for pile-sufferers. Jul 3. An imitation Loch Ness Monster, to bring in tourists and make lots of money. Jul 4. A particle accelerator. Jul 5. Miss world. Jul 6. A replacement for tigers (which are becoming extinct) as long as one paints brown and yellow stripes on them and puts them in a zoo. Jul 7. Tie a balloon to them and let them go, so as to fill up the holes in the ozone layer. Jul 8. A container for holding conjuring tricks in. Jul 9. An address label for thin envelopes if you want to make the postman laugh. Jul 10. A tattoo if you squash them to your arm (in honour of the French: tatou for armadillo). Jul 11. A belt buckle (in honour of the German: Gurtel - Belt, ein Gurteltier - an armadillo). Jul 12. As a camouflaged tank cover, if you stretch them out. Jul 13. A microphone for karaoke. Jul 14. A a dodgem. Jul 15. A plant pot if you scoop out the middle. Jul 16. A jelly mold. (Jello for you Americans). Jul 17. A clay pigeon. Jul 18. A pretend girlfriend to make people jealous. Jul 19. Moon landing craft. Jul 20. Dog food. Jul 21. A garden gnome. Jul 22. A golf hole, if you can train them to open their mouthes for long periods. Jul 23. A taxi (with cheap rates for students at the weekend). Jul 24. A toothpaste tube. Jul 25. A home entertainment centre, only if you can train them to sing and use a TV and video. Jul 26. As a pelotas racquet. Jul 27. For putting over bombs, when doing a controlled explosion. Jul 28. As flavouring for jelly. Jul 29. A bicycle pump. Jul 30. Remove the insides to make a radio telescope reflector. Jul 31. A cannon ball. Aug 1. An actor in Australian soap. Aug 2. A repository for biohazard material. Aug 3. A store for nuclear waste that will remain undisturbed for 100,000,000 years. Aug 4. A holder for a Lonestar beer. Aug 5. A suppository for Jesse Helms. Aug 6. A bank robbers face mask. Aug 7. A box of tissues (empty). Aug 8. A bank of lights which flash in 80's science fiction films. Aug 9. A Loofa. Armadillos are very useful in cold places because their appendages don't snap in cold weather and so you can use them for all sorts of household tasks. Aug 10. A newspaper stand. Aug 11. A yo-yo. Aug 12. An alternative to a pint glass to play the guitar on when you are drunk. Aug 13. A little wheel to mark out distances on running tracks. Aug 14. A mask to block out the sun to create artificial solar eclipses. Aug 15. A cheap alternative to a card entry system. Aug 16. National lottery balls. Aug 17. The buckle to stop you falling out of your parachute harness. Aug 18. A dentist (from the joke).[ was number 230 ] Aug 19. An ice lolly stick. Aug 20. A leaf blower that has to be repaired. Aug 21. A smoking jacket. Aug 22. Something to post to Bill Gates because Windows is so bad. Aug 23. A one-off crash dummy. Aug 24. A Christmas tree that won't loose all it's pine needles. Aug 25. A rather tasteful carriage for the Royal family (gawd bless 'em). Aug 26. A rather naff crossword which doesn't have any spaces to fit the letters in. Aug 27. A congealed tub of face cream with added femtospheroids and trzs. Aug 28. A low velocity protrusion for a body piercing gun. Aug 29. Prawn crackers (without the prawns and without the crackers). Aug 30. A very irritating Internet connection that gives you 0 bytes per second transmission rates from time to time. Aug 31. A big, black, one decker bus. Sep 1. Re-entry chute for a doomed spacecraft. Sep 2. The button you thwack when you want the stuff to come out of a fire extinguisher. Sep 3. Roller boot wheels. Sep 4. A stand in for Bagpuss. Sep 5. Something that squawks in badly back projected dinosaur films. Sep 6. A more-than stylish toupee. Sep 7. A mile post (look at the number). Sep 8. A Christmas gift from Diana to Charles (or vice-versa). Sep 9. A long-burning candle. Sep 10. A lava-lamp (not my suggestion, the lad who thought that one up said he is temporarily insane). Sep 11. An air horn, but only for those very large lorries. Sep 12. A meat tenderiser. Sep 13. A Royal food tester, or alternative food for royals. Sep 14. An instant pregnancy test!?! (not sure how that one works!). Sep 15. A happy meal toy. Sep 16. A hockey puck for learners. Sep 17. An Igloo for those warmer climate countries. Sep 18. An everlasting gobstopper. Sep 19. Pizza topping. It is illegal however to order Armadillos and peppers in odd numbered hours. Sep 20. A snow board, but you should not try snow boarding on an igloo. Sep 21. A Christmas tree ornament. Sep 22. A collection of car-accessories. Preferably those bits that stop cars rolling down hills. Sep 23. A packet of corn flakes without much nutrition or even corn. Sep 24. Shoulder pads if your dress you bought in the sales didn't have any. Sep 25. A slightly surprising thing to put in your desk draw if burglars come snooping. Sep 26. Protection for tigers (thanks to one of Nicky's dreams for that). Sep 27. Hollow out the 'bits' and use the rest to hold peanuts in at parties. Sep 28. Opera glasses, but you will need two. Sep 29. Something strange to post to someone in order to baffle them. Sep 30. A self-stamping franking device for birthday cards. [No,, Sept 30 isn't my birthday, but Sept 30 is day 273, and my birthday is 22/2/73] Oct 1. A test particle for the radiative forces found in a supernova remnant. Oct 2. Shark bait. Oct 3. A slightly awkward device that automatically erases the magnetic material on old music tapes. Oct 4. A thermometer. You have to be careful though because armadillos don't have a large colour range. Very careful measurements have to be taken. Oct 5. A multi-cultural bagpipe. Oct 6. A prism that only X-rays go through and doesn't really alter the speed of the X-rays anyway. Oct 7. Litmus paper that sinks. Oct 8. A roll that one can store kitchen paper on. Amazing!