There seems to be one point that's wrong. I don't think the 9 banded armadillo is considered endangered. It breeds well. The reason you shouldn't keep one as a pet is that they carry leprosy.
Paul Stenquist wrote: > And the only! > > On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:09 AM, Bob W wrote: > > >> That's the best armadillo story I've ever read. >> >> Bob >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of Paul Stenquist >>> Sent: 12 February 2008 11:36 >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: The Cushman Photos -- watching a photographer progress >>> >>> I've been to Lincoln Park Zoo a number of times, but don't remember >>> >>> the bear. When I was a kid, we most often went to Brookfield. They >>> were about equidistant from the Southeast side. >>> >>> My best memory of Lincoln Park Zoo comes from the days when I worked >>> >>> on the race car. We were driving back from Miami with our truck and >>> >>> trailer one Sunday night and saw some armadillos poking around near >>> >>> the road. The guy who was driving decided to stop, and one of the >>> guys, who was a bit of a lunatic, jumped out and chased an >>> armadillo. He caught him and put him in the truck, thinking >>> we'd keep >>> him in our shop as a pet. Well, when we got back to Chicago that >>> Armadillo was very unhappy. Couldn't get him to eat. (Don't know why >>> >>> he didn't like cheeseburgers), and the cold was making him sluggish. >>> >>> So we decided to take him to Lincoln Park Zoo. After smoking >>> a bit of >>> weed. (The armadillo didn't like that any more than the >>> >> cheeseburger.) >> >>> At the zoo, we managed to find the administration building. We went >>> >>> into the office with the armadillo in a box and told the >>> receptionist >>> we wanted to donate an armadillo. Well, it seems the curator >>> had been >>> hoping to get an armadillo for some time. Just the day before they >>> had tricked him with some kind of object made from an armadillo >>> shell. They had wrapped a blanket around it and presented it to him. >>> >>> So, he of course assumed this was another trick and refused to come >>> >>> out to the reception area. So we took the armadillo out of the box. >>> >>> The office was quite warm and that seemed to please him. He (or she >>> >>> as the case may have been) began scampering around the office >>> and the >>> receptionist screamed. That got the curator out there. In short, he >>> >>> was thrilled. We lied and told him that the armadillo must have >>> crawled into our trailer while we were racing. Since they're an >>> endangered species, we didn't want to end up in the clink. He >>> pointed >>> out that armadillos are very timid and would never come near a >>> trailer, but he wanted an armadillo bad enough that he didn't press >>> >>> the issue. So the armadillo moved into Lincoln Park Zoo, and we went >>> >>> back to our cold shop, cheeseburgers and weed. >>> >>> And that's my Lincoln Park Zoo story, the only one I have:-). >>> Paul >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> > > > -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
