I've lived in Texas for most of the past 30 years and I've never seen an armadillo except at an armadillo race.... I think they are the ugliest looking creatures! Now possums I think are cute and at my last house I had a "pet" possum that came to visit quite regularly, I even assumed it was a 'she' and named her "Patsy the Possum" and there was a much smaller possum that often traveled with her the I named "Petunia" ...I even wrote a childrens story (not well) titled "Patsy the Possum and her friend Petunia"......I miss them.