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Central Florida is a hot spot for leprosy, report says
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Gotta be super really for reals for a minute: armadillos are a big vector for this, and they've expanded across the southeast in recent years.
Only maybe a decade ago, I'd never seen an armadillo outside of an LCD (or CRT) screen, and now they're regularly run over on highways/interstates from Tennessee to the FL panhandle.
That said, why the central Floridians are getting all up in dead armadillos is anyone's meth--I mean guess.
As a resident of central FL (for now), my neighbors eating armadillos would explain quite a bit.
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I think I read somewhere that it's getting warmer in northern areas which supports their preferred habitats, hence the spread.
Interesting armadillo fact - their threat response is to either ball up or jump up in the air about 3-5 ft. Which is unfortunately how they respond to oncoming vehicles.
America has nine banded armadillos, the ones that curl into balls are three banded.
They are everywhere now except the extreme north. They are common here in KS. Leprosy is not.
I saw armadillos a number of times in Florida when I was a kid (30ish years ago).