Rollie the Armadillo Loves His Toy

[Omaha Steve]

Rollie the armadillo is really, really, really … really … cute. His rolls, pounces and little stature make him irresistible for any animal lover. Watch Rollie have a ball with his pink toy during armadillo play time.

Published on May 3, 2014
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[shenmue]

1. Very squee!

[PatrynXX]

6. thought only nikki sims said squee :P

yes or just awwwww

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Awww!

I never thought of armadillos as especially cute, but Rollie is!

[blkmusclmachine]

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[TwilightGardener]

4. That is adorable.

[Arcadiasix]

5. When my twin girls were six they saw an armadillo for the first time.

The oldest (By 2 minutes) said, "What is that an up armored possum?" Yep I watch the History and Military channel around them.

Realistically that's all an armadillo is.

[Laffy Kat]

9. Possums-on-the-half-shell.

That's what we called 'em growing up down South. Love all critters, but armadillos kind of gross me out. Guess I can admire them from a distance. They carry Hansen's disease, ya know; I wouldn't care to touch one.

[freshwest]

7. I love armadillos! Used to have one lived under my house and when I wasn't looking he'd sneak up on

me and lick the back of my leg! The dogs didn't know what to make of it.

They like to claw in the dirt a lot and I didn't know they couild adapt to living indoors, never imagined this.

Thanks, OS!

[alfredo]

11. Was he licking off the salt on your skin?

[freshwest]

12. No idea, but it was a frequent occurence. That might have been it in a hot climate...

It felt more like a quick tickle than a real licking like a dog would do.

[alfredo]

13. Their eyesight is not that good, so I guess they get a lot of info through

their other senses.

[freshwest]

14. I agree. Unfortunately they got run over a lot on the roads, along with the skunks.

But with the skunks, it was their attitude that put them at risk. Just felt that stink was a good defense for everything. Lot of road pizza events out in the country. Miss it. Not the road pizza, but you know what I'm talking about...

[alfredo]

15. Maybe they haven't adapted to having cars in their world. For millions of

years of their existence they haven't had to adapt to a predator that fast.

[freshwest]

18. Well, of course not. Their response is like the Zen story of the praying mantis and the wagon wheel.

Very sad and despairing story, in which the mantis is in a rut in the road, and a wagon wheel bears down on him. He can't get out of the way, and he uses his only defense, his strong arms. But it does him no good. And really, a motor vehicle isn't classified a lethal weapon for nothing in some cases. That is a lot of metal going fast, more than a little bit deadly to man or beast.

[LiberalElite]

22. Of course if people cared if they hit

another living creature or not, there may be less "road pizza".

[alfredo]

24. Squirrells have learned to run, but some animals just stand there and stare.

As a species they haven't figured it out.

[freshwest]

26. Like being visited by extra terrestrials, no doubt. I've always thought the squirrel defense method

of staying still, is good for some predators, not for other things.

[alfredo]

27. Here comes two bright lights, maybe they will

Pass on either side of me.

[freshwest]

28. Yes, that might be just what they think. Like the scene in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'

There is always the deer in the headlights look:



'The party's over, guys..'

[alfredo]

29. They are blinded by the light, and they aren't going

Where they can't see. Cars are out of their frame of references. Cars don't act like anything in their natural environment.

[freshwest]

30. That's a given. See you later, alfredo.

[alfredo]

31. You too, and don't stand in the road, OK?

[BlueJazz]

8. That is Toooo cute!

[840high]

10. ...

[Capt.Rocky300]

16. Like all critters.........

give them a chance and they'll show you what a great personality they have. I didn't know that until my wife became a wildlife rehabber.

[arikara]

17. He is really cute

I never thought too much about armadillos, we don't have them here. Can you tell us more about him? Is he a baby or just little? Was he rescued?
Are they endangered, or are they adapting to human encroachment on their habitat like raccoons are around here?

[BrotherIvan]

19. That is strangely calming

I've watched it five times! His rolling is amazing.

[yuiyoshida]

20. He must have some cat genes in him....

My Cat does the same thing with his toys! My cat loves to do that bunny kick thing with his back legs, attacking the toy!

[Enthusiast]

21. I had no idea that armadillos would play with a toy.

[Dont call me Shirley]

23. Rollie, what an awesome name for an armadillo. Super cute.

[Veilex]

25. Sooooo cute!