cy00t!

thx mom!

did you know @usinterior is one of my fave grams?

Not something you see every day: Jumping armadillo Aransas National #WildlifeRefuge in #Texas. When #armadillos are startled, they often jump straight into the air as a self-defense move. Located along the coast, Aransas is home to diverse #wildlife and serves as a winter refuge to the only wild flock of whooping cranes. Video by Laura Bonneau @USFWS.

A video posted by U.S. Department of the Interior (@usinterior) on Feb 26, 2016 at 8:23am PST

for kylie, from joel

¡grupo....de la MUERTA!

the world cup 2014 group drawing happened today....and it is TERRIBLE news for the estados unidos.

Every World Cup has had a so-called "Group of Death," or the group that pits together several favored heavyweights to battle it out, often sending a top-ranked team home. This year's draw could put those to shame though. "World Cup 2014 promises to be a tournament so suffocatingly competitive that the traditional clichéd "Group of Death" will feel redundant," ESPN explained. Due to a draw quirk, one potential group could include the frightening powers of Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands and the United States together; "The Group of Death to end all Groups of Death," as SB Nation called it.

UPDATE: The U.S. has landed in Group G, with Ghana (a team that has beaten the U.S. in the last two World Cups), Germany (the team that U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann used to captain as a player), and Portugal (a perennial world power.) (via)

i know what you're thinking: "what else can you tell me about that armadillo mascot?!?!"

his name is fuleco, and this is his wikipedia page. i see that he's a three-banded armadillo, which any armadillo connoisseur worth her wait in ants can tell you is the only kind of armadillo that can roll into a ball!

look at this look at this look at this

via

don't touch an armadillo.

as much as you may want to....don't.

Based on new evidence, scientists think that the armadillo carries and can spread leprosy to human populations. DNA tests have matched the leprosy strains of some U.S. patients with those of armadillos—among the only animals that carry the bacteria—and though the majority of cases in the U.S. are contracted in countries with higher instances of the disease, these tests indicate that some American patients contracted leprosy through armadillo exposure. (via)

or else you will turn into one.

i want that.

armadillo chair