gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM writes:

<< Indeed, Oklahoma, where full-grown armadillos are born
dead in the middle of the road.   >>

I'm originally from Oklahoma and can verify that!

What we were told as to why there were so many Armadillos
found kilt in the road is that as a defensive mechanism when
they are scared they will jump up into the air.  So, when you're
bearing down on them and they pee their pants they try to
escape by jumping.  Unfortunately this is detrimental to their
well being as most of the time you could slide one under the
front axle without touching but since they jump they tend to
find the front bumper all by themselves.  During the summer
months the state highway between Sand Springs and Stillwater
(OSU) was strewn with enough Armies to make enough boots
to shod most small western towns.

As for VW content- I can say that I never hit one while driving
a Vanagon!  (I was driving a Beetle at the time)
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Todd Hill
VolksWerks Transaxles
Olympia, WA  (No Armadillo sightings up here)