Welp, I’m going to get leprosy now.
I was sitting outside and something noisy was beside my chair. I aimed the phone screen down (not the flashlight part, just the glowing screen to get a little light) and saw a cat staring at something. I thought it was a possum’s tail beside me so I grabbed it. But instead of a squishy, scaly tail it was a sharp, heavily armored one. I’d grabbed an armadillo. I was holding it in the air by the tail while it thrashed around and trying to manage to turn on my phone camera with just my left hand when it got loose.
They are a recent arrival to South Carolina and that was my first ever encounter with one. I’m sad that I didn’t get a good look and photos. Maybe I’ll get another chance before all my bits fall off.