Armadillos

An armadillo is a mammal noted for its armour and ability to curl into a ball.

Quotes

 * ‘Son, son!’ said Mother Jaguar ever so many times, graciously waving her tail, ‘a Hedgehog is a Hedgehog, and can’t be anything but a Hedgehog; and a Tortoise is a Tortoise, and can never be anything else.’
 * ‘But it isn’t a Hedgehog, and it isn’t a Tortoise. It’s a little bit of both, and I don’t know its proper name.’
 * 'Nonsense!' said Mother Jaguar. 'Everything has its proper name. I should call it "Armadillo" till I found out the real one. And I should leave it alone.'


 * Rudyard Kipling: The Beginning of the Armadillos


 * I've never seen a Jaguar, Nor yet an Armadill- o dilloing in his armour, And I s'pose I never will, Unless I go to Rio These wonders to behold-- Roll down--roll down to Rio-- Roll really down to Rio! Oh, I'd love to roll to Rio Some day before I'm old!
 * Rudyard Kipling: The Beginning of the Armadillos


 * The ancient owls' nest must have burned. Hastily, all alone, a glistening armadillo left the scene, rose-flecked, head down, tail down
 * Elizabeth Bishop: Poem: The Armadillo


 * For a single armadillo, you will own, On Salisbury Plain in summer is comparatively rare, And a pair of them is practically unknown.
 * Michael Flanders: Song The Armadillo


 * Dada doubts everything. Dada is an armadillo. Everything is Dada, too. Beware of Dada.