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Nine-banded armadillos believed to have caused LEPROSY in Florida patients
UK DailyMail ^
| 28 February 2015
| Christopher Brennan
Posted on 02/28/2015 1:53:53 PM PST by LucyT
Three people have been diagnosed with leprosy in Florida and some of the cases are thought to be linked to armadillos.
Health officials in Volusia County said that the cases are not related, though two of those who have been diagnosed with Hansen’s disease, or leprosy, since October had been in contact with nine-banded armadillos.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: armadillos; hansensdisease; leprosy; volusiacounty
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posted on
02/28/2015 1:53:53 PM PST
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
To: LucyT
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:00:54 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: LucyT
It has been known for quite a while that armadillos carry lots of nasty diseases including leprosy.
Never touch a dead armadillo. Use a shovel and then soak the shovel in pure bleach for a day. Or toss it out.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:02:06 PM PST
by
piytar
(If you don't know what the doctrines of taqiyya and abrogation are, you are a fool!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Armadillos are so prehistoric, Imagine if they
weighed 500 lbs!
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:02:30 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:05:19 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Yuck. Shudder.
I’ll probably have nightmares tonight about your photo!
It’s good, though. Did you take it yourself?
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:05:43 PM PST
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:07:22 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: LucyT
So THAT is why having armadillos in your trousers is frightening.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:09:13 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: LucyT
Yep, they're all over the place. I worry a lot more about public restrooms than about possum on the half shell.
They are totally non aggressive, almost blind.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:10:22 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: LucyT
There is a white subculture that thinks eating anything but the dinner table is “keeping it real”.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:11:17 PM PST
by
fso301
To: LucyT
Armadillos are so cute. I wouldn’t touch one, though.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:11:33 PM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
("He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.")
To: LucyT
More than likely, the Hanson’s disease is being brought in here by busloads of Obama’s “child immigrants”, just like enterovirus D68, measles, polio, TB......you name it. Diseases that WERE nonexistant in the US.
To: LucyT
Here is a picture of one.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:14:06 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: LucyT
Nine-banded armadillos believed to have caused LEPROSY in Florida patients
And the seven and eight banded ones get a pass? There's more to this story than they are letting on...........
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:17:25 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Uncle Sy: "Beavers are like Ninjas, they only come out at night and they're hard to find")
To: SWAMPSNIPER
they are cool looking creatures. I used to think they would be a cool pet to keep outside.
But they are hell on your lawn. I went out one day and looked at my meager lawn. I have about 2 acres to cut and maybe 1/3 is real nice. Anyway, I noticed all these divots all over. Looked like a guy in a helicopter used a 50cal to shoot up the yard. No idea what caused it but it was dillos. They are digging for grubs and are brutal.
Now I shoot them when I can. You are right, blind as bats and I’ve had them walk up to me when I’m quiet but any ground vibration, they are super sensitive and can feel you walking. They can be quick when they want to and when you shoot them, hit or miss they jump a few feet in the air and then take off.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:19:39 PM PST
by
roofgoat
To: fso301
Roast armadillo was common fare during Dust Bowl days.
So was raccoon & possum.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:21:09 PM PST
by
elcid1970
("I: am a radicalized infidel.")
To: elcid1970
Roast armadillo was common fare during Dust Bowl days. So was raccoon & possum. Back when people tended to come down sick with something and die.
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:25:43 PM PST
by
fso301
To: tet68
Armadillos are so prehistoric, Imagine if they weighed 500 lbs! Or more...
Meet the glyptodon!
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:27:56 PM PST
by
null and void
(No crime, real or imagined, is too small to not be declared a felony.)
To: fso301
Our ancestors ate a lot more small game than venison.
Which "subculture" are you from?
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posted on
02/28/2015 2:29:32 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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