speciesofleastconcern: hearthawk: Found my department’s...

speciesofleastconcern: hearthawk: Found my department’s screaming hairy armadillo, Jovi, passed out on his wheel. After I snapped the photo, he got right up and kept running on it! This little guy is headed off to another zoo to hopefully breed with one of their female ‘dillos. This species has, in zoo-speak, an SSP, or a Species Survival Plan, which coordinates breeding pairs based on favorable genetics and genetic diversity. Jovi will make some very genetically valuable babies! “screaming hairy armadillo” is a phrase I’d like to use more often