Armadillo
 

When the hell did armadillo become so prevalent in Missouri? Good lord growing up here I didn't know what an armadillo was. Now they are all over the place and dead on the road sides. Anyone else noticing this?

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no, but i grew up in arkansas and have noticed a big incline in the armadillo pop. back home over the years.

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I'm just wondering what impact this will have on the native species here. There is one dead along the road about 100 yards from the house in fact. I know they are relatives of the anteater so they can eat all the ants they want and that will not bother me at all. From what I gather it's the nine banded armadillo species which is increasing and moving northward from Texas and the southwest. I wonder if anyone is doing a study on it...

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They found one dead in the parking lot at wallmartos here in central wisc.In the dead of winter.Must have hitched a ride somewhere.

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I know what you mean, theyre everywhere. It seems there are more dillos than possums around here now. I went to a game banquet and someone asked the game warden about them, and he urged everyone to shoot them, he said they were becoming a nuisance and are very devastating to farm land. I know they are really digging up my food plots. They sure arent very bright critters either, dumber than possums.lol

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They are showing up in southern Illinois too. The things are a pain in the butt in terms of always burrowing holes like groundhogs on methamphetamine. They can also wreak havoc with a yard and garden. The things can also carry leprosy, but human rarely if ever catch it from them. Decent eating, though..

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Oppossum on the half shell!!!

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Armadillos taste good too!