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Armadillos are not marsupials.
IIRC the only marsupials native to the Americas are 'possumses'.
What ARE armadillos?
I dunno...big pillbugs mabey? :)
But they aren't marsupials.
Posted by Ken Talton at July 30, 2007 02:02 PM
Armadillos are not marsupials.
Well, learn something new every day...
Even if they're placental, they're pretty weird...
Posted by Rand Simberg at July 30, 2007 02:10 PM
They are indeed weird. As a child, my wife (raised in the Hill Country of central Texas) learned to remove them from their holes by pouring buckets of water into their dens, then pulling on their hind legs.
Unfortunately, one of their threat responses is to jump into the air. Not a good survival strategy when they are on I-35.
And no one should forget the "Armadillo World Headquarters". Thanks to the internet, we won't.
Posted by MG at July 30, 2007 04:15 PM
I am given to understand armadillos are the only known animal (aside from humans) to be subject to infection by leprosy.
Posted by Paul Dietz at July 30, 2007 04:27 PM
I am given to understand armadillos are the only known animal (aside from humans) to be subject to infection by leprosy.
"Naturally-acquired leprosy has been observed in chimpanzees and sooty mangabey monkeys. Experimental multibacillary leprosy was established in 24 of 36 mangabey monkeys, 7 of 34 rhesus monkeys, and 15 of 19 African green monkeys following intravenous and intradermal inoculation of Mycobacterium leprae."
Wayne M. Meyers, Bobby J. Gormus, Gerald P. Walsh, Gary B. Baskin and Gene B. Hubbard, "Naturally Acquired and Experimental Leprosy in Nonhuman Primates," in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 44(4_Part_2), 1991, pp. 24-27.
Can this thread get any further off topic?
Posted by Edward Wright at July 30, 2007 08:14 PM
"Can this thread get any further off topic?"
Does anyone remember the name of that movie with Charlton Heston, set in late 19th century Hawaii? The one with the leper colony?
:-)
Posted by MG at July 30, 2007 09:19 PM
A question!
Diamond Head 1962
Posted by Coal Sack at July 30, 2007 10:57 PM
I like John's priorities. Stuntmen before tourists. Makes sense to shake out the system with people wearing parachutes.
Posted by Sam Dinkin at July 31, 2007 07:30 AM
Uh, Coal Sack,
That was a "yes" or "no" type question.
:-P
Posted by MG at July 31, 2007 10:09 PM
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