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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 31, 2018 15:08:52 GMT -5
Armadillo claws are no joke, either. If you ever do see an armadillo live, do NOT try to handle it if you don't know what you're doing. They can give you a nasty scratch. But an armadillo won't try to harm a person except in self-defense, so don't be silly enough to try to pick it up or touch it. But they are fun to watch. I've seen them a few times when I was a kid. Also, like @imp said, they can carry Hansen's disease - a.k.a. leprosy. daylilydude, I've seen several articles that associated eating armadillos with the transmission of Hansen's disease to humans. I would have expected cooking to kill the bacteria, though. Maybe people get it when they're cleaning the animal - it could get in any small break in the skin, or your face getting spattered, or from touching one's face without washing one's hands thoroughly enough after handling armadillo flesh, or cross contamination in the kitchen? Anyway, I hope you'll be careful when you handle or and eat armadillos.
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 31, 2018 15:27:55 GMT -5
Ummm... hoping not to offend or gross anyone, but if you pressure cook armadillo, they taste and look just like roast beef
I can't believe that there is something that doesn't "taste like chicken" and actually I don't really like beef so I won't plan on pressure cooking any dillos.
What??? leprosy??? I just read that part and now I KNOW that I am not touching any dillos!!!
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jan 31, 2018 15:29:04 GMT -5
Laura_in_FL , Claws are bad. Also don't grab one by the tail less you wearing gloves. Learned that the hard way. When I was a teenager, there wasn't much I wouldn't try eating. Except Buzzard, I ain't ever tried to eat a Buzzard. These days, I don't eat much wild game. I'm too domesticated
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Feb 1, 2018 10:28:39 GMT -5
Ummm... hoping not to offend or gross anyone, but if you pressure cook armadillo, they taste and look just like roast beef
I can't believe that there is something that doesn't "taste like chicken" and actually I don't really like beef so I won't plan on pressure cooking any dillos.
What??? leprosy??? I just read that part and now I KNOW that I am not touching any dillos!!! Interestingly enough, researchers think that humans brought leprosy to the Americas about 400-500 years ago, and we infected the armadillos! But they make excellent hosts for the disease since it prefers lower temperatures, and armadillos' normal body temperature is about 89F. (That's why in humans leprosy symptoms appear first and most severely in the extremities - hands and feet stay cooler than the rest of the body.) They estimate that about 20% of armadillos are carriers, and the rate varies depending on locality. At first it was thought that armadillos are only carriers of Hansen's disease, but don't get sick from it. Now they know that the disease actually does affect the armadillos, but it progresses slowly over years. So, the armadillos usually die of old age or some other cause before the disease causes them serious problems.
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Post by brownrexx on Feb 1, 2018 12:17:39 GMT -5
we infected the armadillos! Poor little guys! I would still like to see one.
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Post by brownrexx on Feb 2, 2018 8:37:22 GMT -5
Punxsutawney Phil was on TV this morning. We have wind chills in the teens this morning and they yanked the poor little guy out of his burrow and were holding him up in front of the cameras. His little front paws were shivering!
They say that he saw his shadow so we are predicted to have
6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER !!!!!
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Post by coppice on Feb 2, 2018 9:06:08 GMT -5
If ever there was a critter who probably should reserve the right to be a terrorist, Punxatauney Phil aught to be top of the list.
Bite the mayor? Heck yes!
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Post by paulf on Feb 2, 2018 9:42:10 GMT -5
I have a groundhog that tries to dig a burrow under the back porch. My wife tells me I can't shoot the poor cute thing. Pure nuisance. Some day when she's gone it gets lead poisoned.
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Post by paquebot on Feb 2, 2018 10:09:21 GMT -5
-1ºF when our Jimmy saw his shadow. If it hadn't been so cold, I would have walked down and urged him to bite the mayor's ear off!
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Feb 2, 2018 10:20:52 GMT -5
If ever there was a critter who probably should reserve the right to be a terrorist, Punxatauney Phil aught to be top of the list. Bite the mayor? Heck yes! They are nicer to General Beauregard Lee. Per patch.com/georgia/decatur/groundhog-day-georgias-gen-beuregard-lee-makes-prediction, Must be why there aren't any stories about him biting folks. By the way, Beauregard also saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter for us Southerners.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Feb 2, 2018 12:05:33 GMT -5
Folks, I think it's time to call in the pros. It seems the Offical Groundhogs have provided a unanimous declaration this year. This would suggest some kind of... cooperation amongst the Groundhogs. Perhaps it's time to call this guy in...
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