With coral-hued built-in armor and tiny in stature, the pink fairy armadillo seems to be made for a fairy tale. But when the Smithsonian Institution tweeted a photo of the 6-inch mammal in June 2021, ...

Even though our planet is home to 7.8 million animal species, certain ones seem to always get all the attention. Many animal lovers are fans of well-known animals like lions, tigers, bears, elephants, ...

When you write about weird animals all the time, it takes something really special to make you ask, “What is that?” That’s what I thought when I saw the pink fairy armadillo. It looks like a cross ...

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Here’s an Internet bizarrity that you can believe in: the pink fairy armadillo. It’s a real animal, the smallest armadillo species in the world. At about 100 grams, it would fit in your hands. It’s ...