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ARMADILLOS. how do you git rid of 'em???

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George
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 12:21 pm
Have you ever seen kids pick up an armadillo that has rolled itself into a ball
and toss it back and forth? I saw this in Louisiana when I was a high school
teacher there. None of my family back in Boston believed me when I told
them about it.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 01:10 pm
@edgarblythe,
I think DP was poking fun at Rockhead sister.

Armadillos are fraidy-cats.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 01:34 pm
@DrewDad,
I should have considered the source. Of course, you would know, DrewDad.
Sglass
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 01:37 pm
wonder what would happen ifya got a wombat by the tail?
DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 02:33 pm
@edgarblythe,
I've seen people have competitions to see who could actually get close enough to an armadillo to touch it. The creatures can apparently feel you coming from the vibrations in the ground.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 02:46 pm
@DrewDad,
The only armadillos we see here are in the form of road kill. But, not so many years back, a brother and I were just on the other side of Austin, when I spied one by the side of the road. I stopped the pick up and came up close behind the critter. It was totally unaware of me and I could have stood there as long as I wanted. Finally, having observed it as long as I wanted to, I went back to the truck and drove on. It remained so intent on what it was doing, it never seemed to notice me at all.
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BorisKitten
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 03:49 pm
Quote:
(her fear is that it is gonna freak and charge her. silly wimmins)

Even a woman thinks this is funny. Armadillos do NOT charge! No fear required, honest; please reassure her.

My solution has been simple: Dogs. We have 3; they chase the Armadillos out of the yard.
DrewDad
 
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Reply Fri 12 Jun, 2009 04:28 pm
@BorisKitten,
Talk about a cure worse than the disease....
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 01:05 am
@Sglass,
Sglass wrote:

wonder what would happen ifya got a wombat by the tail?


that would be very difficult, there is no tail.
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KiwiChic
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 02:45 am
This is a funny thread..... I just find it very weird to even consider the possibility of having wandering armadillos in my backyard. The most I can foresee is the neighbors cat!
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Rockhead
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 03:42 pm
@edgarblythe,
kinda thinking 'bout catching the little guy and bringing 'im out here to the farm...

what do they eat???

(i hope not toads, i likes my toads)
margo
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 03:52 pm
Of course Armadillos don't charge - just where would they keep a credit or store card?

On the other and - where do they keep their cash? Or cache?
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 04:30 pm
@Rockhead,
Rockhead wrote:

kinda thinking 'bout catching the little guy and bringing 'im out here to the farm...

what do they eat???

(i hope not toads, i likes my toads)


They eat insects. My brother once told me they love sow bugs. Which is why you have to be extra careful dressing one out. Don't want to get sow bug on the meat. He told me they are poisonous. That's a factoid I never bothered to verify.
George
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 04:50 pm
@edgarblythe,
Quote:
They eat insects. My brother once told me they love sow bugs. Which is why you have to be extra careful dressing one out. Don't want to get sow bug on the meat. He told me they are poisonous. That's a factoid I never bothered to verify.

You know, if it weren't for A2K, I might never have learned this.
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Joeblow
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 07:46 pm
@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:

The ones we caught when I was very young, we killed and ate. There is lots of meat on one of those things.


What's it like?

I had no idea people ate them.
dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 07:51 pm
@Joeblow,
Joeblow wrote:

edgarblythe wrote:

The ones we caught when I was very young, we killed and ate. There is lots of meat on one of those things.


What's it like?

I had no idea people ate them.


a bit like crocodile.... with less teeth.
Joeblow
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 07:52 pm
@dadpad,
Not gamier?
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 08:04 pm
As I recall, armadillo meat is easy to cook to tenderness and is not a gamy taste.
Joeblow
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 08:08 pm
@edgarblythe,
Lots of recipes out there.

I looked: "...about 236,000 for armadillo meat recipes (About this page) - 0.27 sec"




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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 13 Jun, 2009 08:11 pm
BBQ AT ROCKHEADS!
 

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