Did someone say !opossums@lemmy.world?
more proof that they are just opossums with armour
Submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/36ba532c-327e-4a17-80e3-45edc370c0d5.jpeg
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ickplant@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Stovetop@lemmy.world 7 months ago
An armadillo’s reaction after finding out they naturally carry leprosy.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
This is random but my graduate school program had an annual cookout event called the Armadillo Roast which featured an actual barbecued armadillo (along with more conventional meats). I tried some and it tasted like sweeter dark meat chicken. Then I learned that that particular armadillo had been found as roadkill and that armadillos can carry leprosy and that it can possibly be transmitted by eating it. These facts did not improve my mood that day.
Rubanski@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That’s wild, what were they thinking serving fucking roadkill to unsuspecting guests lol
CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
bro really said 💀
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
They just sneezed
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
For some reason, I always pictured armadillos as being like turtles… That’s not based on any actual knowledge, but this is still really shocking
CareHare@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I find the anatomy of the armadillo a lot more reassuring than the turtle’s IMHO. It’s a body with armor on top. But the turtle is the shell and the shell is the turtle. That’s just crazy to me somehow.