Armadillos Killed by Overheating
Several times due to health problems I have not been able to check my armadillo trap early in the morning. Later in the day, if it is hot and sunny, I have found the trapped armadillo dead in the trap, apparently from getting overheated. The dark skin must absorb heat well, and they must not be able to cool down much, if any, via sweating or panting or ?. Normally armadillos are active only at night and early in the mornings, and during the heat of the day they are in their burrows which are in cool earth and usually hidden under things like brush piles, logs, etc.
This observation may lead to an easier way to control them. Hot air, steam, or another source of heat could be put down their burrows to either force them out of their burrows, or kill them.
Adrian R. Lawler, (C) 2011 --
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