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The name Armadillo comes from the Spanish word armadillo means "little, but covered with armor". In America, the usual devotional Armadillo – Dasypus novemcinctus. Body length ranges from 12 cm to 1 m, excluding the tail, and weight from 0.3 to 50 kg. the Top and sides of the battleship is covered with a thick shell of Horny scutes, shields are arranged in zones, interconnected elastic connective tissue that attaches to the shell mobility.


Armadillos have large claws with which they dig the ground and dig burrows. Sometimes they have up to 15 burrows, with several entrances-exits. Interesting to see how armadillos are moving through the streams and rivers. If the stream is narrow, they go on the bottom, holding the breath up to 6 minutes. If the river is wide, the battleships can dial the air in the stomach, increasing it two times, and this air allows them to float and swim. This phenomenon is not yet understood, nobody knows how they do it. It's a distant cousin of sloth and anteater, Armadillo came to Texas from Mexico in the 19th century.


In 1995, the Armadillo was adopted as the symbol of the Texas section of small mammal, because the battleship, like a true Texan: ready for a change, loves his land and freedom, began relocation to earth Texas about the time Texas became independent. Some species of armadillos (e.g., the dictionary) can curl into a ball resembling a soccer ball. Obviously this was the reason for the election of the Brazilian Armadillo as the mascot of their home world Cup in 2014.


In the entire history of the game, this beast was the most original character. The interests of the battleship lobbied for one of the environmental organizations of Brazil, raised the issue of the species population at the national level. The international football Association (FIFA) this choice, of course, surprised, but adopted a strange beast as the mascot.

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