What’s Inside an Armadillo Shell?

What’s inside an armadillo shell? How are armadillo shells made? In this video, we learn the answer. It turns out, inside an armadillo’s skin are a bunch of tiny bones. As the armadillo grows, these bones expand and fuse together forming their shell. This video answers the following questions:

What’s inside an armadillo shell?
How do armadillo shells form?
How do armadillos make their shells?
What are armadillo shells made out of?
Are armadillo shells made out of bone?

Specimen use made possible by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

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