Stay away from armadillos!
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:57 pm
They carry leprosy, and there is a spike of cases in Florida.
Wow, that's crazy. I had no idea an animal could carry it or infect humans.
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Stay away from armadillos!
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:43 am
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:28 pm
every article I have read says you can get it, but it is rare. if you handle and eat a lot of them, increases them.
I have stood a foot or two from an armadillo, seems they have terrible eyesight. he could not tell I was there.
news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/11/scienceshot-armadillos-bad-eyesight-could-shed-light-human-blindness
I have stood a foot or two from an armadillo, seems they have terrible eyesight. he could not tell I was there.
news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/11/scienceshot-armadillos-bad-eyesight-could-shed-light-human-blindness
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:44 am
Not an animal I'm at all familiar with.
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:50 am
It's been known for a long time that armadillos carry leprosy. But it's not that easy to catch it, like sarge says. The article even mentions that the CDC says it's unlikely to catch it from armadillos.
Wonder why there's a spike?
Wonder why there's a spike?
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:55 pm
Lord Foul is at it again, of course.MsMary wrote:Wonder why there's a spike?
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:40 am
Ha! 
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:02 am
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Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:30 pm
Avatar wrote:Not an animal I'm at all familiar with.
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:20 am
Hahaha, I know what they look like. 
Just never seen one in real life.
We have these pangolins though:
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Just never seen one in real life. We have these pangolins though:
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:22 pm
Hmmm... that explains the beggar in the ochre robe I saw not long after eating that armadillo sandwich...
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:48 am
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:15 am
Jesus Christ! I looked it up because I thought it was cgi.Avatar wrote:Hahaha, I know what they look like.
We have these pangolins though:
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:35 am
Hahaha, pretty cool huh? Endangered unfortunately.
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Hey, nice to see you around Akasri. (I still automatically read that as Askari.Akasri wrote:Hmmm...
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:15 am
Thanks... I'm still here from time to time. Not nearly as much since the Chronicles is finished, though
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:40 am
There's other stuff to talk about besides the Chrons, y'know... 
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:08 pm
Oh, I know. I'm just getting older... don't visit forums as much as I used to. Forums in general, not just this one 
I tend to forget I post different places, then I am surprised when I go back later and see people replying to me LOL
I tend to forget I post different places, then I am surprised when I go back later and see people replying to me LOL
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 4:15 am
This one should be an exception for you. It's the Watch afterall...
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:05 pm
Guy in the States fired his gun at an armadillo in his back garden this week and the bullet bounced off and hit him in the face; he's ok but sustained a broken jaw for his troubles.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:28 pm
Heh! That's actually true!
[Edit to add] #karmadillo
But there's more:At least one of the bullets ricocheted off the animal’s bony, protective shell and then struck the man in his jaw, according to Reuters.
... which means armadillos can't be all bad, right?This is the second time this year that an armadillo shooting has gone awry.
In April, a Georgia man accidentally shot his mother-in-law when he fired a pistol at an armadillo, according to ABC affiliate WALB News. The bullet killed the animal, but it “also ricocheted off of it, hit a fence, went through the back door of his mother-in-law’s mobile home, through a recliner she was sitting in, and into her back,” according to WALB News.
“Just the circumstances, just all the way around, the whole situation was unusual,” said Investigator Bill Smith with the Lee county Sheriff’s Office told WALB News.
[Edit to add] #karmadillo