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puma guy wrote:

AndyC wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

AndyC wrote:Is it true dildos carry leprosy? Can anybody confirm that?

Yes, they do. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/rea ... ry-leprosy

Hmmmm, that's interesting - not going near one of those, then - thanks

As stated Hansen's bacillus or Hansen's disease (leprosy) can be transmitted to humans by armadillos. Some armadillo trivia. They are not indigenous to the United States but migrtaed north through Mexico and to NA. The fact that they carry leprosy makes them good lab animals for research, but they have one other unique characteristic. A female armadillo always gives birth to identical offspring, usually four at a time. That gives researchers a fantastic way to compare reaction/response to experiments. Someone doing leprosy research in Florida took the armadillo to that state and they eventually had some escape. That was back in the forties i think. Thus we had the South West amadillo moving north and east and the Florida 'dillos moving west and eventually they met. In the 70's I think there was quite a gap in the two groups and I can't recall when they met. Texas has obviously taken them to heart, I can't speak for Florida and all the states in between. I can't recall if the research had any effect in finding a cure or treatment for the disease or not, I think it responds to antibiotics since it is a bacteria, but it proves once again how in our quest to improve things Mother Nature turns the tables. Think nuturia and the common and grass carp.

AndyC wrote:"Nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure."

(Well, someone had to say it)