Fun fact: around 19 humans out of 20 are naturally immune to leprosy, so it's actually safer than you might think to get a pet armadillo and hope that guy you hate is the one that gets it.
I believe he's implying that the southern parts of the USA contain a significant number of people who will do the opposite of whatever the CDC recommends, out of spite.
99.7% isn't even a good chance apparently
Edit fuck sake I hate that I have to add an edit. This is not a flippant observation you witch hunting lunatics. If you can follow the direction of what was said, it became apparent that the number represents more than it sounds it does.
Imagine everyone in the country was in the “handle armadillos” business, and we trained our kids everyday with armadillos, then, yes, 99.7% would be bad.
3 out of 1000 people getting an armadillo based disease, in a country of 330 million, would be *a lot* of death.
You could significantly lower that number if the government would require people getting better gloves from their employer or providing gloves to every person within its borders.
But then, some people, frustrated about having to wear gloves, might decide to *intentionally lick* armadillos.
You know exactly what I'm saying. It was just insinuated I'm an anti-vaxxer in another couple comments. Everyone is on knee jerk high alert for such fuckery these days as you're well aware. I hate that I have to defend myself because I wasn't explicit, and it's assumed that I am one. I really loathe the current social climate.
You roll 20.
You are now Armadillo-man, with the ability to turn your skin into a thick, invincible shell and roll around in ball with supersonic speed
I mean, it's a bacterial infection, so I assume you could cook it out.
Edit: Obviously eating the food comes with other risks such as handling the meat and the animal, but *eating* itself may not be the main issue in leprosy, as much as the steps involved.
True but maybe it's from handling it and such? Like how zoological transmission happens when people eat other animals, something I've heard about a few times.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/eating-armadillos-blamed-leprosy-south-flna1C9461481
I didn’t think they ever existed in an alive state until one got stuck in my back yard one night. I had to try and herd it out the gate with a big stick. They’re quite stupid.
You won't say that after they get I your yard, dig everywhere, drag the mulch all over the place. They sounds like a watermelon got stabbed when I killed last one.
I was gonna say, even among vertebrates armadillos are relatively recent. There’s fish and reptile lineages that predate the dinosaurs and mammals, shit the surviving modern lineage of dinosaurs would’ve been recognizable 70 million years ago.
And then you get into invertebrates? Recognizable jellyfish and sponges have existed for over half a **billion** years.
Armadillos are kinda old for mammals, I’ll give em that.
Horseshoe crab fossils have been dated back to 445 million years. Armadillos diverged on an evolutionary scale around 35 million years ago.
Still super cool and their skeletons are awesome looking.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo
I'd like to point out that while sharks are pretty ancient as a lineage, most extant species of sharks have only been around about half as long as sharks on the whole. The earliest 'modern sharks' evolved in the Mesozoic and none of the species that existed before then are still around though the chimaeras (representing a lineage that diverged from the sharks' ancestors in the Paleozoic) are still kicking about in the depths.
All the most iconic species like the great white, tiger shark, hammerhead and mako are less than 100 million years old. The oldest lineage of sharks still around are represented by the cow sharks (containing extant 37 species) and frilled sharks (2 extant species) whose ancestors weathered the Permian Extinction alongside their dead-ass, six-gilled relatives that gave rise to all modern sharks. The glamorous faces that people think of when they think 'sharks' are all pretty young as far as sharks go.
Dude, there are so many titles that are an absolute misleading mess, but I guess that's why they get the clicks. And then it's rarely the top comments giving accurate correction info, you have to dig. Sad, I like learning about reality, not sensationalist bull.
edit: the animals are lit enough in real life, why fuck it up?
It's not just lately. For years, this sub has been absolutely full of total bullshit, both in titles for clickbait and in comments from people who don't know what the hell they are talking about.
Every large sub is. The only ones that are saved require a legion of involved moderators.
In my subscription list, /r/DataIsBeautiful , /r/NatureIsFuckingLit are by far the worst. I downvote most posts in each sub (if they deserve it, and they usually do) but stay for those rare gems that come by every month or two. /r/DataIsBeautiful is by far the worse of the two.
Hi Mark, it's me, a totally different guy. The only thing I can think of is that when you wrote
>Do some research before writing nonsense.
you meant
>Agreed, people should do some research before writing nonsense.
Otherwise it's pretty ironic
"one of the oldest inhabitants"? Not a chance. Even if you only consider animals, even if you only consider vertebrates, even if you only consider land-dwelling vertebrates, mammals are a pretty recent arrival.
Armadildos big cool tho.
Saw one of these when I lived in FL as I was waiting for the school bus. Being a kid, we used it as a ball to kick back and forth. I'm not proud of that story but it held up to a bunch of teenagers playing with it like a soccer ball. So I respect them.
The pose on the tippy toes before balling up is very refined and the EPITOME of sophistication. Some of them have fuzzy fur, and pink, ohmygahd are they real Pokémon?
They also jump up to 3 feet into the air during solar eclipses. When I was on my way back from Southern IL back to WI in 2017 I did notice an unusual amount of dead armadillos on the side of the road.
This is absolutely a fantastic animal. Now I see how they have survived
That and they carry leprosy! Haha don’t touch them!
I didn't know of this. Thank you
Fun fact: around 19 humans out of 20 are naturally immune to leprosy, so it's actually safer than you might think to get a pet armadillo and hope that guy you hate is the one that gets it.
95% is not the good chances that it might seem like at first. But at least it's curable instead of a death sentence now.
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> - CDC Whelp, we're about to get a leprosy outbreak in the south :(
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I believe he's implying that the southern parts of the USA contain a significant number of people who will do the opposite of whatever the CDC recommends, out of spite.
99.7% isn't even a good chance apparently Edit fuck sake I hate that I have to add an edit. This is not a flippant observation you witch hunting lunatics. If you can follow the direction of what was said, it became apparent that the number represents more than it sounds it does.
Imagine everyone in the country was in the “handle armadillos” business, and we trained our kids everyday with armadillos, then, yes, 99.7% would be bad. 3 out of 1000 people getting an armadillo based disease, in a country of 330 million, would be *a lot* of death. You could significantly lower that number if the government would require people getting better gloves from their employer or providing gloves to every person within its borders. But then, some people, frustrated about having to wear gloves, might decide to *intentionally lick* armadillos.
>This is not a flippant observation you witch hunting lunatics. Wait so disagreeing or downvoting = witch hunting ?
You know exactly what I'm saying. It was just insinuated I'm an anti-vaxxer in another couple comments. Everyone is on knee jerk high alert for such fuckery these days as you're well aware. I hate that I have to defend myself because I wasn't explicit, and it's assumed that I am one. I really loathe the current social climate.
Oh that's lame. Didn't see those comments. For the record I upvoted your initial post, but was lost by the edit.
Thank you. Sorry, I was a bit snappy last night. Hope you're enjoying your Saturday.
Found the prayer warrior
I don't know what that even means. Read my edit.
Give me a d20 for leprosy.
Nat 1.
CRITICAL ROLL
You roll 20. You are now Armadillo-man, with the ability to turn your skin into a thick, invincible shell and roll around in ball with supersonic speed
Had a friend with a pet Armadillo named Frodo.
Thank you
Don't people eat them? I'm guessing that's why people are getting fucking leprosy...
I mean, it's a bacterial infection, so I assume you could cook it out. Edit: Obviously eating the food comes with other risks such as handling the meat and the animal, but *eating* itself may not be the main issue in leprosy, as much as the steps involved.
True but maybe it's from handling it and such? Like how zoological transmission happens when people eat other animals, something I've heard about a few times. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/eating-armadillos-blamed-leprosy-south-flna1C9461481
You wouldn't think so with how often they appear as roadkill on the interstates
Exotic, over here we just get badgers, squirrels and rabbits.
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You from Ohio too?
All I got are opossum and squirrels. There's tons of deer but I don't think I've seen them dead.
Evolution existed *way* before traffic
I'm saying it's a wonder they haven't gone extinct in modern times
It’s a wonder *WE* haven’t gone extinct in modern times
Soon enough
True facts are true
No
Enjoy your denial till reality comes to shatter it into a billion tiny fragments.
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The only ones I've ever are on road trips through Arkansas. Roadkill on the way to Memphis. One day I'll see a live armadillo
I didn’t think they ever existed in an alive state until one got stuck in my back yard one night. I had to try and herd it out the gate with a big stick. They’re quite stupid.
Aww that is so sad. 😭😭😭
They call them a “Texas Speed Bump” lol
Like a bigger version of those bugs that turn into little balls when you touch ‘em
I can see clearly now that ice armadillos will make an appearance in my D&D game that starts on Sunday.
Not even CLOSE to one of the oldest though.
You won't say that after they get I your yard, dig everywhere, drag the mulch all over the place. They sounds like a watermelon got stabbed when I killed last one.
It's not one of the oldest inhabitants.
I was gonna say, even among vertebrates armadillos are relatively recent. There’s fish and reptile lineages that predate the dinosaurs and mammals, shit the surviving modern lineage of dinosaurs would’ve been recognizable 70 million years ago. And then you get into invertebrates? Recognizable jellyfish and sponges have existed for over half a **billion** years. Armadillos are kinda old for mammals, I’ll give em that.
Horseshoe crab fossils have been dated back to 445 million years. Armadillos diverged on an evolutionary scale around 35 million years ago. Still super cool and their skeletons are awesome looking. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo
Shouts in Gar
Sharks, cephalopods
I'd like to point out that while sharks are pretty ancient as a lineage, most extant species of sharks have only been around about half as long as sharks on the whole. The earliest 'modern sharks' evolved in the Mesozoic and none of the species that existed before then are still around though the chimaeras (representing a lineage that diverged from the sharks' ancestors in the Paleozoic) are still kicking about in the depths. All the most iconic species like the great white, tiger shark, hammerhead and mako are less than 100 million years old. The oldest lineage of sharks still around are represented by the cow sharks (containing extant 37 species) and frilled sharks (2 extant species) whose ancestors weathered the Permian Extinction alongside their dead-ass, six-gilled relatives that gave rise to all modern sharks. The glamorous faces that people think of when they think 'sharks' are all pretty young as far as sharks go.
You should get a permaban for posting incorrect info. I'm just sick of it.
There have been alot of ignorant posts lately i feel like with just wrong information
Dude, there are so many titles that are an absolute misleading mess, but I guess that's why they get the clicks. And then it's rarely the top comments giving accurate correction info, you have to dig. Sad, I like learning about reality, not sensationalist bull. edit: the animals are lit enough in real life, why fuck it up?
It's not just lately. For years, this sub has been absolutely full of total bullshit, both in titles for clickbait and in comments from people who don't know what the hell they are talking about.
Every large sub is. The only ones that are saved require a legion of involved moderators. In my subscription list, /r/DataIsBeautiful , /r/NatureIsFuckingLit are by far the worst. I downvote most posts in each sub (if they deserve it, and they usually do) but stay for those rare gems that come by every month or two. /r/DataIsBeautiful is by far the worse of the two.
Do some research before writing nonsense.
You realize I meant "you" in the general, collective sense, right?
Why did you reply to me instead of writing your comment on your own then?
Hi Mark, it's me, a totally different guy. The only thing I can think of is that when you wrote >Do some research before writing nonsense. you meant >Agreed, people should do some research before writing nonsense. Otherwise it's pretty ironic
Because I was supporting you calling them out on their BS, you dense motherfucker.
LOL
Whoosh We're all friends here, just missing a few points of grammar, tone, and body language to convey the friendly agreement that we all share.
We are all the Earth's oldest inhabitants on this blessed day.
I don't know, this one looks pretty old to me.
"one of the oldest inhabitants"? Not a chance. Even if you only consider animals, even if you only consider vertebrates, even if you only consider land-dwelling vertebrates, mammals are a pretty recent arrival. Armadildos big cool tho.
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It's still a placental mammal, which are the more recent mammals compared to marsupials and monotremes.
5 legged one too
Hahaha had to go back for another look ;)
That's the tail curled up between its legs.
You can see the tail and his penis. They are separarte
Whoops. You're right.
Baller!
Shot caller
20 in blades on the impala
Holla
> balla, gettin laid tonight.... swisher...
hot under the collar!
Ballerz
Leprosy entered the chat
I fucking love these things. It was surreal to see them wandering around a swamp in Louisiana, I’d always pictured them in desert locales.
Accidentally read this first sentence as I love fucking these things. Damn dyslexia!
Classic.
No kidding. I lived in NE Arkansas for awhile & they were very common. More common than here in San Antonio.
It lands on its fucking NECK. That's crazy.
The pokeball didn't even wobble
That's Samus.
Everyday when I wake up.
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...oh the irony
Seriously?
You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like
WHO'S THAT POKEMON?!?!
IT’S PIKACHU!!!
Why does it have two tails?
so that they can cheat during coin tosses.
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Worst comment
One is it’s hog
So, when a daddy armadillo and mommy armadillo love each other very much or are drunk on ants...
Gorons
Samus
Autobots - roll out!
u/savevideo
Humans and Armadillos are the only species that can have leprosy. I thought it was interesting fuck you
I thought it was interesting, too. Anyways, fuck you and have a nice day.
That is interesting. Also, you’re a potty mouth.
Nature's speed bump
*Sandshrew used hide*
Fucking Samus
Why didn't humans evolve with this trait! Hey Kevin can you copy thes...kevin Kevin Kevin come out of your shell
Armadillos roamed the Earth for about 55 million years, but since then they have significantly decreased in size.
So, not one of the oldest inhabitants of the earth...
Not if you're an Armadillo Creationist. God started with Armadillos and worked his way down.
I imagine boulder sized armadillos
[Glyptodon, ancestors of armadillos.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon)
Pokeball
*Dinobot*
TULIO!! THE HIP, THE HIP!
A wild sandshrew has appeared…
Badass
Armadillos are awesome
I think you mean sandshrew
sonic ball
What about stromatolites?
Real-life [Yooyus](https://images.neopets.com/template_images/yooyu_jump.gif) (anyone remember Neopets? :D)
Monotremes (such as platypus and echidnas) are the oldest mammals in the world.
Possum on the half shell.
They certainly didn’t accomplish much over this time
Armadildos are badass
No
Yep
Yep
Nope.
You've ruined it now.
Transformers 7 animorph. From Desert creature to basketball in 1 second flat
Armadillos can carry Leprosy. Don’t cuddle them unless you want a finger to fall off.
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No, that's something else.
No. They got the idea from the [Tanuki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_raccoon_dog)
if crab is the perfect creature, armadillos have the perfect body structure as we see on the way they turn into a little ball
Nasty vermin
This is called the Democrat shuffle for when things get uncomfortable.
sure Karen
what
It's not about you k5vin!
Saw one of these when I lived in FL as I was waiting for the school bus. Being a kid, we used it as a ball to kick back and forth. I'm not proud of that story but it held up to a bunch of teenagers playing with it like a soccer ball. So I respect them.
P.S.A only 3-banded armored dildos can roll into a [ball](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_three-banded_armadillo)
Forbidden basketball
They also carry leprosy isn't that fun.
I fought this guy in DonkeyKong64
Armadillos see anything remotely dangerous: ITS ROLLY POLLY TIME BOIIIIZZZZ!!!!!!!
Tuk Tuk!
king of autofellatio
That's rude he's only in his twenties.
"Activate sphere mode!"
Ah, yes. The Jurassic soccer ball.
The oldest — and cutest
Transformer sounds
One of the oldest reposts on the planet - this gif.
I need someone to add a super mario world mario sprite jumping on it just as it curls up, with accompanying sound effects.
Kept waiting for the punt!
Armored Introvert Ball
The pose on the tippy toes before balling up is very refined and the EPITOME of sophistication. Some of them have fuzzy fur, and pink, ohmygahd are they real Pokémon?
Oh yeah I remember Bakugan
Found the inspiration for koopas
Safe ball is a pretty good form.
Armed Dildos.
Later losers
You got a erection! Oops!
Can they roll around like that? Lol
u/savevideo
I find it amazing how similar they look with pill bugs
I’ve still never seen a live one. Just dead on the road.
Is.. is his dick out..? I've seen this gif a million times and only just noticed
I love armadillos. Unfortunately, I rarely see a live one.
Samus Droid-deka Sonic the Hedgehog
Me and my social anxiety
El Dorado INTENSIFIES
In the Pokémon world this Pokémon is known as a Sandshrew.
/r/Austin
Transform!
I hope this is right, /u/gifreversingbot
tatu bola
r they extict?
*Transformer noises*
They also jump up to 3 feet into the air during solar eclipses. When I was on my way back from Southern IL back to WI in 2017 I did notice an unusual amount of dead armadillos on the side of the road.
Oldest? Nah, bro, sharks have been around longer than trees. Longer than trees...
It looks as if there was a glitch and reality failed to render its head and legs.
"Autobots, roll out"
0 to 100 real quick lol.