Nine-banded Armadillos are solitary, nocturnal animals. They become more
active during the night, twilight or just before sunrise. They can dig
some really deep burrows at roughly 8 inches wide, 7 feet deep, and 25
feet long. They are highly territorial and always mark their
territories. However, while females are exclusive with their
territories, males tend to overlap into others territories. Their body
has an excellent mechanism to get across lakes, ponds, and marshes. The
armadillo either inflates its stomach and intestines with air, and
floats across the water, or just sinks down and walks across the bottom,
using its sharp claws. Their tail helps them to leap nearly three to
four feet into the air, this leap particularly comes in handy to scare
off predators, who come quite close to them. They do not curl up into a
ball, as believed, but can easily leap and outrun its predator.
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