I wanna be reincarnated....as a armadillo

[TammyTX]

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They do carry it. I think in their mucus and yes I think it is possible to transmit it to humans.

*insert nose falling off Smiley here..*

 

[TammyTX]

https://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/research.html

"Although there has been some concern about humans contracting leprosy from wild armadillos, this is not a common occurrence. My understanding is that most instances of humans contracting leprosy from armadillos involve people who have eaten undercooked armadillo meat."

 

[redhen]

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I saw a show where tony bourdain went to some country and they caught one and cooked it up for him...

 

[Chicks_N_Horses]

LOL

We have an annual Armadillo Roundup down here. Even have a beauty contest for Armadillo Queen. They have a big cookout...and yes, armadillo is served. It is a big time event. I haven't ever been to it but it is in the paper every time.

We also have a Rattlesnake Rodeo.....same concept....

Then we have the Swamp Out where everyone cooks up wild stuff from armadillo, gator, snake, wild hog, deer, turkey, duck, and anything else you can find crawling through the woods.

We're a bunch of hicks

 

[gritsar]

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Yes, but only in Arkansas do they have Toad Suck Dayz.

'Cuse me, I spelled it wrong. It's Toad Suck Daze.

 

[19Dawn76]

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Oh my . . . .

 

[Rillion]

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Hee. For the first 23 years of my life, I was pretty sure the only form armadillos came in was dead, by the side of the road. Then I went camping in Texas and there's this rustling in the underbrush.....a real live armadillo! He was scared to death of me but not very fast, so I was able to follow him for a bit and get a look at him. Cute little bugger, but he definitely didn't want to hang out and chat.

 

[beefy]

just stay out of the road..

 

[NancyDz]

Too funny to see this post, I was chatting with my friend in Texas on yahoo and told him about the Bear poop I found in my yard today... he said he found a pile in his front yard the other day and figures it was an armadillo. So here in CA we dont have armadillos so that sounded so funny to me.. then I come in here and there's an armadillo post LOL I'd love to see one sometime. How bout some pics next time??

 

[FrenchHen]

There's always bleedin' armadillo groom's cake.