Man Gives Drink To Thirsty Armadillo

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[DBoon]

1. "An armadillo walked into a bar..."

[Karadeniz]

2. In our area, armadillos are said to potentially carry leprosy....

[JohnSJ]

4. Also Chagas disease

[Karadeniz]

5. I'm looking that one up....

[JohnSJ]

6. From Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo

“ 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 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, Mycobacterium leprae. (The leprosy bacterium is difficult to culture and armadillos have a body temperature of 34 °C (93 °F), similar to human skin.)[19] Humans can acquire a leprosy infection from armadillos by handling them or consuming armadillo meat.[20] Armadillos are a presumed vector and natural reservoir for the disease in Texas, Louisiana and Florida.[21][22] Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late 15th century, leprosy was unknown in the New World. Given that armadillos are native to the New World, at some point they must have acquired the disease from old-world humans.[20][22]

The armadillo is also a natural reservoir for Chagas disease.[23]”

[GreenWave]

7. Isn't mal de chagas carried by kissing bugs?

And it has crossed the border somehow???

[JohnSJ]

8. Yes, but I believe armadillo's can be carries

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Good thing the armadillo wasn't voting......

the guy could have been arrested.....