Quote Originally Posted by Irish Jack O'Brian View Post
If you are familiar with the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), you will know it to be small, nocturnal, common to Texas...and incredibly noisy when frightened.
After years of living in Texas, darn armadillos still scare me every time I encounter one. Usually I don't see them, as they scurry off so fast, they are just a blur. And they are not afraid to make some noise as they run.

Actually, I think they are just a future sporran with legs.

Did see a few bats last weekend, in a display in the Ft Worth Zoo. Bats flying all over the dimmed display room. Good exhibit with native Texas nocturnal wildlife and insects. And... no, they didn't combine the insects and bats in the same space.