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Nine-banded Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Photo by ColbyWells
Published on Project Noah
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@ Sanjay--interesting, I had no idea
Such a beautiful creature but do you know- Using genetic sequencing machines, researchers were able to confirm that about a third of the leprosy cases that arise each year in the United States almost certainly result from contact with infected armadillos.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2012

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