The nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, has been steadily marching northward from Mexico since 1850. It has made it as far as southern Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky with no signs of slowing down. While the cold of the north will likely put an end to its northward march somewhere around the great lakes, the armadillo still has plenty of territory to expand into. Join me in this video to find out how this critter is expanding its range so quickly and also some cool facts about armadillos.

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Chapters:
0:00 The Armadillo Invasion
0:24 Historical Armadillo Range
0:30 Why There Were No Armadillos In the United States
0:40 What Changed That Allowed Armadillos to Expand Into the United States
1:25 How the Armadillo Range Expansion Has Progressed Over Time
2:03 Speed of the Armadillo Range Expansion
2:14 Armadillo Reproductive Strategy That Aids Range Expansion - Diapause (Delayed Impantation)
3:17 Where Will the Armadillo Range Expansion End?

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