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Armadillo leprosy found in US patients: study
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| April 27, 2011
| Kerry Sheridan
Posted on 04/27/2011 3:53:11 PM PDT by decimon
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posted on
04/27/2011 3:53:13 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
“humans who hunt armadillo and butcher the meat”
W H Y ?
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posted on
04/27/2011 3:54:33 PM PDT
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
To: Christian Engineer Mass
People in Louisiana swamps eat anything.
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posted on
04/27/2011 3:57:31 PM PDT
by
DallasDeb
To: Christian Engineer Mass
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posted on
04/27/2011 4:01:16 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: decimon
That’s what I was wondering too, WHO eats armadillo meat? Sounds like a nasty illness too.
To: decimon
I remember being told about this back when I was a kid, mumblety mumble years ago.
I was going to ask if journalists fact checked anymore, but that question is so stupid I smacked my own forehead.
BTW, armadillo is good eats. Not nearly as greasy as 'possum.
/johnny
To: decimon
My grandkids found one on my property not too long ago.
To: digger48
On Rigel 4, there is a race of armadillos that make matching suit case sets out of human skins...
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posted on
04/27/2011 4:10:24 PM PDT
by
jonascord
(The Drug War Rapes the Constitution.)
To: DallasDeb
“People in Louisiana swamps eat anything.”
It is not just for Louisiana anymore.
I grew up, and spent almost 60 years in west Tennessee.
I had never seen an Armadillo outside of a zoo, until
about 1990, when they started turning up everywhere.
They were really bad about rooting up the yard, and
it became common to see dead ones all over the highways.
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posted on
04/27/2011 4:11:03 PM PDT
by
AlexW
(Proud eligibility skeptic)
To: decimon
I remember those things from back when we lived in Louisiana. They tear up your lawn at night and seem to be attracted to highways
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posted on
04/27/2011 4:18:46 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: Christian Engineer Mass
probly caus there aint no publix near bouts to grab sum berger!
To: decimon
To: decimon
First thought-
Use a condom
To: decimon
To: fso301
I’ve heard that they’re born dead by the road like possums.
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posted on
04/27/2011 4:40:00 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: decimon
While it's the sort of thing I'd be perfectly happy seeing cut from the fedguv's budget, the
National Hansen's Disease Museum in Carville, LA is actually a fascinating place. Up until the 50's the NHS quarantined leprosy patients in a handful of such places around the country. When the disease finally became treatable on an outpatient basis (largely as a result of research using armadillos) the internees were given the option of leaving or, for those who had never lived or worked in the outside world and/or whose families had abandoned them, they were given the option of remaining at Carville. If I'm not mistaken, there are still a handful of Hansen's patients living there on the compound that houses the museum and is administered by the LA National Guard.
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posted on
04/27/2011 4:42:58 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: decimon
If there is an eager market for armadillo all the while a concern over the safety of the meat, why not start an armadillo farm? Sounds like a unique business opportunity to me.
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posted on
04/27/2011 4:43:07 PM PDT
by
KantianBurke
(Hey Tea Party folks - what about Social Security reform?)
To: t1b8zs
You beat me to it!!! Good eatin dat is...
Oh well, at least we still have crawdads and frog legs. and jambalaya... and po’boys... and gumbo... and etouffee...
(I gotta stop now, I’m making myself hungry and there ain’t a decent restaurant in sight)
To: Joe 6-pack
Interesting. Thanks.
It would be good to see ‘leper colony’ become some obscure term people have to research to understand.
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posted on
04/27/2011 5:02:25 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: neverdem; DvdMom; grey_whiskers; Ladysmith; Roos_Girl; Silentgypsy; conservative cat; ...
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04/27/2011 5:03:03 PM PDT
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decimon
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