Meet the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup: the Brazilian armadillo

Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:23 UTC

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Brazil has chosen an endangered armadillo as the mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. While nature's version is light brown in colour, Fifa's mascot is yellow with green eyes and a blue shell, the colours of the Brazilian flag, and will be holding aloft a football. Read full article

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Sep 18th, 2012 - 10:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Tatu is OK for defence,
what Brasil really needs is more Oncas.
Sep 18th, 2012 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
This is going to wreck the summer of a woman I used to know. Every time she heard the word “armadillo” she would collapse into fits of hysterical laughter. It was so bad (and entertaining) that everyone used to say 'armadillo' randomly in her company. A strange affliction.
Sep 18th, 2012 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
“Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside - Armadillo!”
Think it was Monty Python (?)
My kids used to curl up with laughter when repeating this.

Little did they know that the little Tatu on the inside is soft AND delicious.
The outside is, however, a bit tougher on the teeth than pork scratching.
Sep 19th, 2012 - 08:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
Nice
Sep 19th, 2012 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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