Rescue armadillo leaps on tennis ball and wraps it up

  • 7 years ago
An amusing video has emerged of a South American armadillo playing with a tennis ball.

The footage, shot at Herman Story Winery open house in California, USA on March 11, the armadillo playfully running after a ball to the delight of the visitors.

The armadillo "was seized by customs officials as it was being smuggled inside cases of cantaloupes and this one was "moving" so it stood out to border officials," the filmer wrote online.

"It found its way to the Conservation Ambassadors at Zoo to You and is now part of their family," he added.