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often 10-20 feet in height and as tough as baked clay. The 

 armadilloes, which are so well protected by their j)Ialed 

 armour, live in pairs and generally appear only at night. They 



Fig. 24 Tamandua Ant-eater, Tamandua tetradaetyla. 

 From Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 



devour carrion, but they also eat insects and vegetable fibres. 

 Those curious animals the sloths, from South and Central 

 America, live upside down, hanging on with their strong, 



Fig. 25. The Six -banded Armadillo, Dasypus sexcindus. 

 After Vogt and Specht. 



curved claws to the branches of trees. "They live suspended 

 and sleep suspended, and in fact pass their whole life in a 

 state of suspense, Hke a young curate, when he is distantly 

 related to a bishop," as Sydney Smith tells us. They live 



