Word: armadillos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tapir, a large, smooth, big-nosed mammal the size of a small cow. An electric blue butterfly flutters by my ear. Mittermeier snags a vine snake, green and camouflaged in its habitat. Everywhere is a sign of life and death. We pass gaping holes in the earth that giant armadillos call home, and the shell of an armadillo that a jaguar called lunch. A microteiid lizard shoots along a palm leaf lying close to where a column of golden ants marches across our trail...
Bush, too, took pride in the Southern heritageof his adopted hometown. Sunday night, Bushtreated five of the summit leaders to aTexas-style shindig that included a barbeque,armadillo racing, a rodeo and a performance of theGrand Ole Opry...