Of Zaedyus, the Pichi — Tetrapod Zoology

Of Zaedyus, the Pichi — Tetrapod Zoology

Let’s look at armadillos some more. Or, let’s look at more armadillos. I mean, let’s look more at armadillos. Whatever: armadillos! More. Caption: a Pichi montage, showing wild individuals in (left) Torres del Paine National Park, southern Chile and (right) Chubut Province, Argentina. Note the overall covering of dark hairs and the long and gently curved claws on the forelimbs. The snout on the individual at left looks unusually short, I think …

Commodore, you wouldn’t understand it: a social media user made a surprising post by adopting a piche, one of the characteristic animals of the Patagonian region. With total normality, as if it were a dog or a cat, the person posted in a well-known Facebook group presenting his ‘mascot’, ensuring that he has a good relationship with cats and dogs of small size. “Holis, I give in adoption piche. He must be about four months old. He’s tamed becaus…