Posted on 11/27/2006 5:31:48 AM PST by Mother Abigail
I borrowed it myself. I think it's the midwest.
I've been in Texas for 20 years. Thus far I have never seen a live armadillo in Texas.
According to the latest report, the government lab ruled out bird flu as the disease which killed poultry in Seosan. They are now working on to determine what it really is.
I thought that was dinner?
I don't think it is unusual for birds to be hit by cars. I have picked several dead birds out of the front of my cars over the years. If they died of an illness I can't see any reason they would die on the road side, most likely they would die in the bushes.
The chicken crossed the road just to show the armadillo it could be done.
I had a NY friend (she has now moved to CA). A group of women friends took a trip together and the NY friend who had lived in Houston for 5 years said she hoped to eat BBQ ribs and see an armadillo before she left TX. I was able to provide both of those experiences for her. I spotted the biggest armadillo I have ever seen running down the side of the road and then we had some great ribs near Marble Falls.
Scarey !
Marble Falls is great...love to eat at the Bluebonnet Cafe!
I ran over an armadillo and it survived/dodged the truck. When it jumped while the boat trailer was over it was not pretty. Splatter deluxe.
well let's see- they're about to wipe out millions of cats and dogs because the bird flu kills only a couple of people each year, but yet they won't do anythign about N. Korea's nukes that could wipe out millions of people? I'm missing the urgency in the cat culling agenda I guess. http://sacredscoop.com
According to the latest report, the government lab ruled out bird flu as the disease which killed poultry in Seosan. They are now working on to determine what it really is.
Thanks for the updated correction. It's getting hard to keep track.
Well, I doubt that it's in international press yet.:-)
They really are cute. The best time to find one is when it is dusky or cloudy in a heavy wooded area. You will hear them poking around in the leaves looking for grubs. Stay still because they have poor eyesight, but great hearing and sense of smell. It is possible to have one come within a few feet of you if upwind.
As a kid, we would try to catch 'em. You can get hold of the body, but once they get their claws into a burrow, you cannot overpower them. Soon they will win the tug of war and scoot down their hole.
I saw a pen of them at Six Flags during a Texas Festival. The handler said that the little critters were very personable and each one is different. One of them came up to him like a puppy and begged to be cuddled. Very interesting.
You can catch human-type leporsy from armadillos.
"Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, since they, along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known non-human animal species that can contract the disease systemically. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium. Wild armadillos can carry leprosy, but transmission to humans is rare."
Those dang things have some nasty looking teeth....
I have heard you can but don't know if that is true. I'll ask my brother he is a vet. when I was a kid I pulled one out of his hole by his tail, boy was he strong! That is the only one I have ever touched. We have them right here in our yard in the middle of Houston. They come out at night and dig holes in my yard, I never seen them except dead in the street.
Dangers like teeth and diseases meant nothing to a kid with a bunch of cousins running after some poor animal through poison ivy draped woods. It is a wonder my generation lived long enough to breed and produce a generation of bicycle-helmeted, bubble-wrapped children. LOL.
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