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Bicyclists Collide with Armadillo at Tour of Missouri
S I - AP ^
| 9.13.07
| staff
Posted on 09/13/2007 9:21:29 AM PDT by rface
A St. Louis-area man was injured Tuesday after colliding with an armadillo in the opening miles of the second stage of the Tour of Missouri.
Dan Schmatz, 33, of Ballwin, was riding in the peloton at about 20 mph when he and teammate Jonathan Garcia of Boulder, Colo., met with the wayward animal.
Schmatz, who lives in Longmont, Colo., was taken to a local hospital. The extent of his injuries was not known Tuesday afternoon.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Sports
KEYWORDS: armadillo; missouri; tourofmissouri
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:21:31 AM PDT
by
rface
To: rface
SchmatzThat's the sound that was made by the impact with the armadillo.
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:23:44 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(What's the temperature, Albert?)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Armadillo ping if you’re still in these parts.
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:24:24 AM PDT
by
dighton
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: rface
The armadillo is a creature created by Hanna-Barbera.
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:26:15 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
To: rface
Never bring a bicycle to an armadillo fight.
To: rface
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:28:14 AM PDT
by
Ben Hecks
To: Disambiguator
Schmatz
That's the sound that was made by the impact with the armadillo.Here's the sound made by impact with a badger.
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:28:23 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
To: rface
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To prove to the possum and armadillo that it could be done.
I've lived in the KC area for about 15 years and it's only been in the last 2 or 3 that I've begun to see armadillos around here. Must be working their way up from Texas, no doubt due to global warming.
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:30:05 AM PDT
by
Non-Sequitur
(Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
To: rface
‘Possum on the halfshell!
Poor little guys are almost blind, never expect them to move out of your way.
10
posted on
09/13/2007 9:30:07 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: rface
Did the armadillo have the right-of-way?
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:30:15 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(You can't seriously tell me you think we need more laws, or that we don't already have too many.)
To: Hegemony Cricket
The article never did say how the armadillo was doing...
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:31:35 AM PDT
by
rface
(kooky inside and out)
To: rface
To: rface
I would never armadillo. They’re dangerous enough unarmed.
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:34:53 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:36:16 AM PDT
by
rface
(kooky inside and out)
To: All
Typical MSM story...no mention is made of the armadillo’s political affiliation. If the armadillo had been a Republican, that fact would have been in the headline.
To: rface
Armadillo’s revenge for years and years of road kill.
To: rface
The article never did say how the armadillo was doing... Blunt Tire Trauma - he's a goner.
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posted on
09/13/2007 9:51:27 AM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: rface
Yep, my apologies. Let me offer a correction.
To: Non-Sequitur
Armadillos tend to jump straight up when they are startled. They can damage cars if they are run over.
Texas Horned Lizards or Horned Frogs were common in Southwest AR in the 1960’s. I guess all the talk about global cooling scared them and they left. :0)
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posted on
09/13/2007 10:07:44 AM PDT
by
seemoAR
(Absolute power corrupts absolutely)
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