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Dustlawyer

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10. If you try to grab it it will crap on you and then roll into a ball.

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 2, 2017, 08:27 PM

Sep 2017

For some reason people only mention the ball part. I found out in boy scouts when a fellow scout chased one, dove and caught it, pulling it to him while laying on his belly. It crapped all over his face! There is more but I will spare you the gory details.

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On A Lighter Note - An Unplanned Rescue [View all] JimGinPA Sep 2017 OP

At least it wasn't an alligator. murielm99 Sep 2017 #1

What is that, an armadillo? Control-Z Sep 2017 #2

They are. nt Phoenix61 Sep 2017 #3

Just a tongue with a shell Lochloosa Sep 2017 #4

Hahaha! Control-Z Sep 2017 #5

they are a delicacy in some parts of Mexico CatWoman Sep 2017 #6

I've had it. Tastes like lean pork. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #8

Gentle, yes. Carriers of leprosy, definitely yes. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #7

Possum on the half shell. paleotn Sep 2017 #9

If you try to grab it it will crap on you and then roll into a ball. Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #10

They're vegetarians; only destructive to plants. raven mad Sep 2017 #13

I saw Tony Bourdain almost cry when they caught and ate one in Australia BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #11

😰. Nooo! BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2017 #12

Armadillo is saying ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #14

And you know what....The Armadillo is one hundred percent correct ..!!!!!!!!!!!!!nt Stuart G Sep 2017 #15