Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Yesterday I posted photos of the 'infamous' Vermont Beaver Trout
and it was taken as expected - with
a 'grain of salt', just like jackalopes and other so-called h**xes !

However, it seems we have at least one member who doesn't believe in the actual existence of armadillos
and who considers them to be a
h**x, also ! If I lived in a state that
had them (Texas/Louisiana/Florida/ Oklahoma/Alabama/Arkansas), I would find a freshly road-k**led one, freeze it and ship it to him ! Since
that is currently not feasible, I opted for a different type of proof, which
he will probably also reject !

Due to my lack of technological
sk**ls, I could not down-load a particular article I found, but can
relay some information on where/
how to find the article ! This came from www.newsweek.com - it has
the article and a short video of the baby armadillo !

The Washington Zoo (Point Defiance
Zoo and Aquarium) Welcomes First Baby Armadillo in 116-yr. history !

Just wondering if he's ever watched the music program 'Austin City
Limits', which touts proudly in each intro that it is broadcast 'from the Land of the Armadillo' ? Why would they do/say so if it wasn't true ?

Maybe some other member living in one of the above-mentioned states would care to ship him one as proof ?
Just PM me in advance, and I'll send you the shipping costs (as long as it's not an outrageous amount) - maybe we can de-bunk this as a non-h**x ?

CamT Loc: La Porte, Texas

Darn Big A, when I was axis deer hunting last week I found a armadillo shell and if I had known then we had a doubting Thomas I could have boxed it up and sent it to you

CamT Loc: La Porte, Texas

Years ago me and a friend were hunting and saw one rooting in the ground so he thought it a good idea to catch it so he put his cap over it thinking he could trap it, well that armadillo shredded his cap in a couple of seconds and ran off. I ask him if he any other bright ideas while laughing my a$$ off🤣😂🤣

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Found another (fairly recent) article regarding armadillos - it seems that the Smithsonian's National Zoo also welcomed new arrivals - two
Screaming Hairy Armadillo pups
were born at the zoo on August 11, 2021, and were the first ever born
at the zoo !

Shutupandfish Loc: Transplanted roots back to Wyoming

We got one we caught…..can’t show him……ate the evidence…🍲

Able Man Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)

Well, I can certainly attest to the fact, that armadillos DO, IN FACT...EXIST!!! ¿Where's this individual live?... ¿Ain't they "been around some"?... I'd guess not... One thing you men better remain mindful of, about them rascals: certain "populations of them" had been "found to be carriers of ¡¡¡LEPROSY!!!; several years ago. I personally, avoid the little blighters.

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Apparently, he has done some considerable amount of traveling including some of the states mentioned, but has never seen
one in the wild, in a zoo, or even
road-k**led !

Regarding the 'leprosy' problem - supposedly, the seven-banded armadillo from the Amazon region
is the main culprit/carrier of the leprosy v***s, with about one out
of six (roughly 16%) being infected -
in the U.S., we only have the nine-banded armadillos, which are less likely to be carriers ! - Hey ! Humans gave it to them, first ! That said, it should only be able to be t***smitted via direct contact with their bodily
fluids and/or excrement !

Able Man Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)

Just a cautionary " word to the wise", "Big"... It seems like "National Geographic" Magazine, had ran an article about all that, back in the late 1970's or, maybe during the 1980's... I can only remember that people were "advised to avoid them"... Hell, there's plenty of other critters to eat, to where you ain't gonna find ME "snackin' on" one of THEM rascals! (I've seen plenty of dead ones, but, none that were OBVIOUSLY "Leprous"...)

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Not likely to happen, unless I visit
my buddy in San Antonio - don't
have any here in Arizona, nor in
N.M., either (that I'm aware of) !

Big TC Loc: Raytown, MO.

Learn something new today. I had no idea that armadillos shed their shells. Does anyone know how often they shed their shells?

CamT Loc: La Porte, Texas

He didn't shed it he died in it, it was shell, tail, head and bones

Big TC Loc: Raytown, MO.

What a shame. So they don't shed their shells.
I also heard that you don't want to touch a armadillo because they might be carrying a disease that humans can catch.

CamT Loc: La Porte, Texas

I've heard the same thing

Shutupandfish Loc: Transplanted roots back to Wyoming

dbed Loc: POMME DE TERRE LAKE MISSOURI

Armadillos have moved into Missouri too