An animated, faux nature "documentary" following the modern mating rituals of the female nine-banded armadillo.

A brave armadillo ventures out into the desert in search of food for his growing family. Along the way, he makes some new friends and meets some unexpected challenges.

Mickey and Pluto make a short stopover on a South American flight. Mickey throws Pluto's ball into the jungle, and he chases it but it looks exactly the same as an armadillo that's rolled up into a ball. This, of course, greatly confuses Pluto for a while. But he eventually makes friends with the armadillo. He chases the critter into a cave right behind his ball, and rips the ball apart thinking it's the armadillo, which makes him very sad until the armadillo shows up again.