A new baby armadillo has been born at Dresden Zoo. The cub Brosche was born on October 1, according to Thomas Brockmann, Head of Species Conservation and Environmental Education at Dresden Zoo. Male armadillo Gurt and female Bu are already experienced parents. "We regularly have offspring," said Brockmann. This works very, very well.
The southern armadillos, whose population is considered potentially endangered, live in the wild in the grasslands of northern Argentina and southern Brazil, as Hoffmann explains. "They need it to be tropically warm." The Saxon winter would be too cold for the animals, which is why they are housed in a warm house in Dresden.
