Meet an animal that only ever gives birth to identical quadruplets: the nine-banded armadillo! Discover how God engineered armadillos with built-in armor and what they can teach us about God’s grace in a world with diseases.
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- Why Does an Armadillo Have a Shell?
- Are Armadillos Born With a Shell?
- Do Armadillos Carry Leprosy?
- Why Is There Disease in the World?
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“When Jesus came down from the hill, great crowds followed him. Then a man with a skin disease came to Jesus. The man bowed down before him and said, ‘Lord, you can heal me if you will.’
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man and said, ‘I will. Be healed!’ And immediately the man was healed from his disease.” Matthew 8:1-3 (NCV)
“So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day. We have small troubles for a while now, but they are helping us gain an eternal glory that is much greater than the troubles. We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see. What we see will last only a short time, but what we cannot see will last forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NCV)
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain, because all the old ways are gone.” Revelation 21:4 (NCV)
Terms Learned in This Episode:
- Mammal: A group of animals that have hair or fur, are warm-blooded, have a backbone, (most) have live births, and feed their babies with milk from their bodies.
- Carapace: The hard protective covering on the back of an animal, such as a turtle, crab, or armadillo.
- Cingulata: The order or category of animals that includes armadillos. The name means “belted ones” because of the bands of armor around their bodies.
- Osteoderms: Small plates of bone that grow in an animal’s skin and help form protective armor.
- Keratin: A tough protein that makes up things like hair, nails, claws, horns, and the outer covering of an armadillo’s armor.
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