re: Armadillos infect 9 in Florida with leprosy

Posted by bird35

Georgia

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:05 pm to Topwater Trout

I was vacationing in Blue Ridge Georgia ( North GA mountains.). I heard a radio interview with a DNR Officer who was warning people not to eat or touch armadillos because of leprosy. I laughed.

Posted by upgrayedd

Lifting at Tobin's house

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:05 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer

So is Carville getting a few new residents?

Posted by GeauxxxTigers23

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:06 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer

I hope they bring them to Carville.

Posted by upgrayedd

Lifting at Tobin's house

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:07 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer

quote:
rmadillos are included in Louisiana's list of "outlaw quadrupeds," meaning those with valid hunting licenses can shoot them year-round during daylight hours.

I've never shot an armadillo while the sun was up

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Posted by CadesCove

Mounting the Woman

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:09 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer

What did the leper say to Paige after sex?

Keep the tip.

What do you call a leper in a bathtub?

Stew.

:rimshot:

Posted by tigerskin

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:09 pm to upgrayedd

They don't go to Carville anymore. Leprosy clinic is in Baton Rouge.

Posted by Breesus

Unplug

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:11 pm to upgrayedd

When the sun is up you can chase them through fields with four wheelers. How me and my friends never accidently shot each other growing up is a mystery to me.

Teach kids gun safety at a young age and they can wipe out a farm full of armadillos without getting good hurt.

Don't teach kids gun responsibility and they get high and shoot each other after one of them says the other ones sister is hot. I mean they were sooooo high.

Posted by highcotton2

Alabama

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:17 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer

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But before you start to worry about epidemics or making armadillo eradication plans, find comfort in this: Though Hansen’s disease, as it is clinically known, annually effects 250,000 people worldwide, it only infects about 150 to 250 Americans. Even more reassuring: up to 95 percent of the population is genetically unsusceptible to contracting it. A Read more: LINK Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! LINK Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter

Posted by 4WHLN

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:17 pm to upgrayedd

quote:
I've never shot an armadillo while the sun was up

Guess you've never had one mess up a deer hunt?

Posted by CadesCove

Mounting the Woman

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:20 pm to 4WHLN

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Guess you've never had one mess up a deer hunt?

I had one hanging around in the woods for about an hour a couple seasons ago. Killed a doe with it still in the same area. Doe gave no shits. Armadillo jumped about three feet in the air when I dropped her though.

Posted by tigerinthebueche

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 6:07 pm to tigerskin

And Hansens Disease Clinical Center is located at the vet school.

Leprosy is closer than you think

Posted by roadGator

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Posted on 7/22/15 at 6:09 pm to Paige

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I think this is God taking care of Florida for us

Well, God is certainly thinning out the weaker minded. Who in the hell is going to put their bare skin on an armadillo. God doesn't hate Darwin. Darwin takes care of the gene pool.