"Mischief" wrote

"Armadillos apparently can jump flat-footed five feet
in the air."

They can? Wow, i didn't know that

I sure did. It's why they always die when they could have escaped unharmed
if they'd just keep still on the highway when under the center of a passing
vehicle. Other small animals don't make it because they run a gauntlet under
the tires. They also sometimes make a funny sort of squealing sound when
they jump.