Armadillo Facts

Female armadillos give birth in spring and produce 4 identical quadruplets, born fully formed with their eyes open.

The armadillo has an interesting method for crossing water, because its heavy shell causes it to sink.

When faced with narrow streams or water-filled ditches, the armadillo will simply walk across the bottom, under water. Just like a scorpion.

In wider water bodies, armadillos swallow air to inflate their stomachs to twice its normal size, increasing buoyancy and allowing them to swim across. Afterward, it takes them hours to release the excess air.

No mention of what happens if an armadillo meets a shark while underwater.