Nature Painting - Mr. Snuffles by AnnaJo Vahle

Mr. Snuffles is a painting by AnnaJo Vahle which was uploaded on January 29th, 2020.

Mr. Snuffles

I chased this little guy for quite awhile. I was at the Kennedy Space Center. I had been photographing the Cape Canaveral Light House. As I... more

by AnnaJo Vahle

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16.000 x 20.000 x 0.750 inches

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Title

Mr. Snuffles

Artist

AnnaJo Vahle

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Hardboard

Description

I chased this little guy for quite awhile. I was at the Kennedy Space Center. I had been photographing the Cape Canaveral Light House. As I explored the area, I saw many armadillos. I was enchanted by their odd appearance. This particular armadillo kept running away from me. I persisted even as he ran into a thicket of bushes. I sat down on the ground and hoped that he would reappear. Sure enough, he did. Warily, he stood up and looked at me intently. As soon as I photographed him, he disappeared back into the bushes.

I named him “Mr. Snuffles” because of the funny snuffling noise that he makes as he snuffles around in the earth and ground litter looking for food.

The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), named for the nine breaks in the creature's leathery armor that allow it to flex its stiff hide, is an odd-looking mammal about the size of a cat.

Armadillos are not native to Florida, but are now common over most of the state. Armadillos like forested or semi-open habitats with loose textured soil that allows them to dig easily. They eat many insects, or other invertebrates, and some plants. They most often feed at night, and have very poor eyesight.

Armadillos dig burrows for homes or to escape predators, and a single armadillo can have several different burrows with multiple entrances. A mature armadillo is 15 to 17 inches long (not counting the tail) with a weight of eight to 17 pounds. Pregnant females always give birth to identical quadruplets. She produces one egg that splits into four identical offspring that are either all female or all male. This trait differs from most other mammals.
Armadillos are fascinating in other respects. When they need to cross narrow water bodies, they often walk on the bottom under water. If it is a wide body of water, they will inflate their stomach to twice its normal size, allowing for enough buoyancy to swim across. When startled, armadillos often leap high into the air, and then run quickly to a nearby burrow.

This is an acrylic painting on Museum series panel clayboard. Archival seal. 3/4” premium 23 ply birch plywood cradle offers extra support. Ultra smooth clay surface. Archival and acid free, the patented kaolin clay ground is applied to a non-warping premium hardboard. 16” by 20” cradled 3/4”.

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January 29th, 2020