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On May 21st, 2007 at 15:46, an informative Adam, Turnpike, wrote in response to the post, Camo´d Amarillo Armadillo Caught on Camera!

“Are you sure that he is not Michelle? Either that or Mike is being rather shy. Alternatively he’s had a very nasty accident

Apparently the penis of the South American nine banded armadillo is supposed to be very conspicuous and stretches to two thirds of its body length in order to “insinuate it under the female’s shell”. I refer you to the paper “Axial Orthogonal Fiber Reinforcement in the Penis of the Nine-Banded Armadillo”. ”

The paper exists!

I had assumed it was a joke, like the flying fish story.. However, it appears that the male South American nine banded armadillo really is particularly well suited to the associated “mechanical regime” as it is phrased (clearly wasting no time on romantic language there).

The internet is great!

The paper is HERE.

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