Harley Quinn
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They used to be all along the highway in certain locations, sort of like rabbits going to Vegas. I like them they are one unique animal.
30 years ago, you'd see a dead armadillo on the road, some joker would normally stop and roll him onto his back and stick an empty Lone Star long neck in his mouth. Had to do with a running Lone Star commercial back then.
Yep, and further north, the striped skunks take over on the grub control.While they can do nasty things to a person's yard, if they are eating your yard, then you likely have a grub issue.
ROTFLAn armadillo is the world's most vicious animal. The reason they're lying in the road, upside down, is so they can catch a car.
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You just gotta get there earlier! Seriously, I haven't seen one live either! All dead on the side of the road. As far north as Springfield Missouri about 15 years ago. My buddy outside of Wichita is infested with them too. They are eaten in Mexico and South America I know.
For humans, we are pretty much soft underbelly all over. We have good sight, moderate hearing, poor sense of smell, no armor, no real fur, no claws, no big canines, and we are awfully slow with bipedalism. Our big advantage is culture. Without culture, we are nothing but prey.
A fit human can run down any of the grazing animals on flat terrain. (Not sprinting, but over distance.)
2. Endurance. Man can run down ANY land animal over time. A fit human can run down any of the grazing animals on flat terrain. (Not sprinting, but over distance.)
I'm betting that the way we have succeeded as hunters is intelligence, tool use and teamwork, combined with our complex communication ability that make our pack hunting more effective and our roles in the pack more specialized than other species.
Men in general, have more endurance than most animals. During the War with Mexico, Alexander Doniphan set out from Missouri to capture Sante Fe. There, his army split, part of them going into northern Mexico to join other American forces there, the other part west to capture California.The Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico would run and walk deer in relays until the deer finally quit.
Well, that's certainly sounds true, doesn't it? By "culture", do you mean "tool-using"?
Man DOES have some natural advantages:
1. We are pack animals. Working in concert we can take on virtually anything even with simple tools.
2. Endurance. Man can run down ANY land animal over time. A fit human can run down any of the grazing animals on flat terrain. (Not sprinting, but over distance.)
3. The biggie: intelligence.
engage in free market economies, etc., however.
You beat me to it.....The economy's current state does not indicate intelligence.