Armadillos are amazing creatures!
With the change in climate, their range is expanding.
With that, there is increasing conversation regarding their role as an environmental reservoir for leprosy.
[Hansen’s disease]
Learn more below:

Armadillo Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature | PBS
[Photo credit, link above]
Current Distribution of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in the United States
Tracking the armadillo expansion into Illinois | Everyday Environment | Illinois Extension | UIUC
Research aims to link Hansen’s disease & illegal armadillo hunting in Brazil
Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southeastern United States – PMC
Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States | New England Journal of Medicine

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