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BackInTex
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by BackInTex » Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:44 pm
Armadillos Are Invading St. Louis
For more than a century, the relentless grub eaters have crawled ever north, crossing nations once thought too distant into new landscapes once thought too cold. Every time biologists thought the bald little tanks had traveled as far as they could go, they swam another river or blindly raced through another field after sunset.
Now they’re here: Armadillos have reached the doorstep of St. Louis.
When I lived in Wichita, KS and was driving back from Texas one time, I spotted an armadillo off the side of the highway about half an hour north of Oklahoma City. I thought then it was too far north for them.
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littlebeast13
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by littlebeast13 » Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:45 pm
I'd love to see a pigladillo playing around with my squirrels... giving them horsie rides... leprosy....
lb13
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rayxtwo
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by rayxtwo » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:38 pm
We noticed them along the side of the road going down Interstate 44 towards Springfield for the ballgames about three years ago. I wonder, if they are carrying this disease, can it be passed on to other animals that feast off the dead ones when they get squashed.
Ray
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Bob Juch
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by Bob Juch » Thu Jun 09, 2016 10:58 am
rayxtwo wrote:We noticed them along the side of the road going down Interstate 44 towards Springfield for the ballgames about three years ago. I wonder, if they are carrying this disease, can it be passed on to other animals that feast off the dead ones when they get squashed.
Ray
Apparently it's not transmitted or we'd have a lot of leprosy going around.
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tlynn78
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by tlynn78 » Thu Jun 09, 2016 11:01 am
littlebeast13 wrote:I'd love to see a pigladillo playing around with my squirrels... giving them horsie rides... leprosy....
lb13
lol.
If you haven't seen the You Tube video by Z Frank "True Facts about the Armadillo," you should. He has a whole slew of the same type for different critters - the octopus is my particular favorite. Hysterical.
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