[geeks] Big Blue Smoke

[Eric Dittman]

> > > > but dillos are sorta cute so i don't see them as a pest.
> >
> > And armored :)  I'd need balistic tipped peelets to get em, and possibly
> > an even larger caliber.  Hmmm, 9mm pre-charged...mmmmmmmmm...
> >
> > Actually, I can't say that I've ever seen a 'dillo, but they seem kinda
> > cute to me from pictures.
> 
> They're fun to scare.  They're blind as a bat and deaf as a fencepost, so
> you can sneak up behind them and throw something at them.  When you to
> scare them, they leap straight up 3-4 feet and curl up into a ball before
> they hit the ground....then you can kick them around like a soccer ball.

Don't handle them.  Armadillos and humans are the only species
known to contract Hansen's Disease (Mycobacterium leprae).  They
caught it from people originally and now carry it in the wild.
While Hansen's Disease isn't easy to catch, and can be treated
with antibiotics, why take a chance?  You don't want to find
out you have contracted the disease after something falls off.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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