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Article: 'Hitchhiking armadillos' sometimes end up in Kansas.
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- Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2007
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Byline: Erin Castaneda
Aug. 5--It's no longer uncommon to find armadillos migrating from the south through Kansas, but a Lawrence resident was recently surprised to find one of the armored critters trapped in his home's window well.
Two Kansas University biologists came to the rescue of the 18-pound armadillo -- and the homeowner, who lives near Free State High School.
"It was the biggest armadillo I've ever seen," said Scott Campbell, a research associate at the Kansas Biological Survey. "It was challenging, because he fell in a 5-foot well."
Campbell said the homeowner -- who wasn't identified -- called Animal Control to remove the ...