Show armadillo has two main chields many animals are farmed or hunted for skins furs or food but the armadillo is reared and hunted for its shell notes a writer in lon don tit bits magazine the arma dillo is about 20 inches long and has two main shields on shoulder and hip which are connected by nine movable bands of bony plate it is this entire covering that is so covet ed and artistic as well as almost everlasting baskets lamp shades and presents are fashioned from it incidentally in breeding armadillos one queer fact Is noticed a lit ter is always four in number and all are of the same sex this fact stal puzzles the scientific world |