Alie Ward

So yes, we need a whole armadillo episode because there is a pink fairy armadillo, but there's also a screaming hairy armadillo.

And allow me to demonstrate via the YouTube channel of a guy named Joe.

Joe has a pet screaming hairy armadillo who becomes vocal if he gets rolled into the wrong position for a nap.

And side note, this account, Joe, is Joe Furman.

Furman.

A guy with a hairy armadillo.

People, I can't.

I just can't.

But anyway, Ted has one too, but it's dead and it's used for education and podcaster lab tours.

Where do these guys live?

Yes.

That's like a bed of nails.

That's like needles.

It's like a pin cushion reversed.

Oh, I'm in love.

Ariel Van Zandt had a great question.

Are animal defenses done consciously or are they automatic or both?

Well, a bunch of people wanted to know, Mark Rubin, Emily Krieger, Brooke A., Ann Over, Mini Mini, Cool Next Door, First Time Question Asker, Mashed Tatos, wanted to know, what are some modern human physiological responses or artifacts of defense mechanisms from our ape ancestors?

Is it mostly just hiding, climbing, outwitting?

you can thank a little nut-shaped chunk of your brain called the amygdala for your fear and stress response.