Re: Armadillo "disemboweling"? Huh?
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- Subject: Re: Armadillo "disemboweling"? Huh?
- From: "* L* R* <p*@centex.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:22:29 -0600 (MDT)
Pardon me! We are country. I did not mention "giant" or "eviscerating," though
my sons did catch the "durned things" by the tail on a couple of occasions.
Mostly the armadillos squealed a bit and were released to go on their way.
Sorry for butting in.
Robert E. Stassen wrote:
> Could we please have a "moratorium" on animal pest expertise? I plead
> guilty to earlier posting my discovery that lawn ponds can provide a partial
> control measure for cottontails, after which someone suggested I install
> "docks" and "chicken wire" in the ponds so they can free themselves. (?)
>
> Then this less than enlightened piece of information to someone whose kids
> are manhandling the giant, man-eviscerating armadillos of Central Texas--by
> the tail, no less:
>
> "Make sure you know what you are doing when you try this. Understand that
> they have very large, very strong and very dangerous digging claws that came
> easily disembowel a careless handler."
>
> Great pictures in those Peterson Field Guides, eh Al?
>
> Enough already.
