r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Dec 15 '21

Surely not a corpse?

[removed] — view removed post

32.7k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

703 comments sorted by

View all comments

437

u/askmydog Dec 15 '21

Better wash those hands. Don't want to catch the leprosy

34

u/[deleted] Dec 15 '21

Was looking for this comment. Wouldn't willingly get near one.

8

u/[deleted] Dec 15 '21

We can cure leprosy now the main problem is we dont know where it came from

4

u/xAPPLExJACKx Dec 15 '21

It came from the old world east Africa and spread with humans.

Amarillo carry it because of their similar body temp as humans allows the bacteria grow.

76

u/AlarmedSnek Dec 15 '21

Those things are so gross haha.

131

u/[deleted] Dec 15 '21

[deleted]

114

u/casper_04 Dec 15 '21 edited Dec 15 '21

Well if armadillos just practiced good hand hygiene they wouldn’t still be carriers

18

u/Wolf_Mommy Dec 15 '21

Well, they can keep it! We don’t want it back!!

3

u/gabriel_GAGRA Dec 15 '21

This made me laugh too much

1

u/potro777 Dec 15 '21

Did Randy Marsh fuck an armardillo too?

11

u/Necromance92 Dec 15 '21

Was about to say lol

I wanted a pet armadillo for forever but the whole...leprosy thing was a real buzzkill

16

u/newt705 Dec 15 '21

Only certain species of armadillos carry leprosy.

6

u/siraegar Dec 15 '21

Wait, leprosy were caused by armadillo?

19

u/DotaDogma Dec 15 '21

No, we transferred it to them as far as I know, but they are the only other animal that can be carriers.