Arm(adillo) Yourself

Apparently, armadillos are the only animals besides humans that can carry leprosy. Then Glenn continued to amaze (and, frankly, somewhat sicken) me further by explaining that folks, particularly in the southern states where armadillos hang out, eat the weird, thick-skinned critters and expose themselves to the disease. Who knew? (Doing a little post-conference research, I found out that while the risk is low, humans also can be exposed to the leprosy bacteria by touching or killing armadillos or even by gardening in soil where they burrow.)