What took them so long?

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Heck, I'm sure many of us have been hearing this since we were kids.

DNA tests link Southern leprosy cases to armadillo

LOS ANGELES – With some genetic sleuthing, scientists have fingered a likely culprit in the spread of leprosy in the southern United States: the nine-banded armadillo.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_leprosy_armadillos

[Froggy]

They've probably been walking around blind, shuffling along with their nose in the dirt, digging holes and hiding their head in a hole in the ground. Or maybe lying on their back on the side of a Texas highway holding a Lone Star beer bottle.