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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 months ago

Armadillos: am I a joke to you?

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 34 points 8 months ago

I looked it up and xenarthra is a super order and armadillos are in xenarthra with the rest of the ones I was thinking of.

[-] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

What about the pangolin?

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

Apparently since pangolin scales are more like having fingernails all over it doesn't count as armor.

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I think they mean that giant sloths are related to armadillos & pangolins

[-] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Pangolins aren’t in Xanarthra though

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Then I’m not sure, but I thought pangolin armor was modified hair, not skin

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