I fail to see the problem
How climate change and population growth are helping armadillos move into more areas of NC
They are here, they are expanding, and they’re not going anywhere.
But is the arrival of the nine-banded armadillo in North Carolina, now going on nearly 15 years since they were first reported, necessarily a bad thing?
While researchers are still gathering information, armadillos don’t appear to be causing the widespread ecological problem that other non-native and invasive species can cause when they show up in a new environment, said Colleen Offenbuttel, a biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
“So far, the main concern about armadillos in North Carolina is property damage,” she said, noting that the burrowing animals can leave plenty of holes on lawns and in gardens as they hunt for insects.
They are mostly out in Western NC, with scattered reports elsewhere. Though, a lot of reports (11-30) here in Wake County. I haven’t seen one yet. Bummer. Of course, since some carry leprosy, I’ll keep my distance
But conjure up a picture of an armadillo, and most people probably think of an arid desert-like setting in Texas or even Mexico, not the lush, green forests and fields of the American South.
So why are they here? In short, because North Carolina is turning into perfect armadillo habitat.
“First, it just reflects their growing population in other states,” Olfenbuttel said of the armadillos’ natural dispersal as males seek new territory and females then follow. Populations of armadillos are already well-established in South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.
Then there’s North Carolina’s increasing population, mostly centered in growing metros, that’s creating perfect armadillo buffets of yards, golf courses and gardens teeming with bugs ? especially fire ants, a delicacy for armadillos ? and other invertebrates that the animals love to eat.
Life is always moving and changing on Earth
But an even bigger reason for the armadillos successful migration into the Tar Heel State likely has to do with our changing weather thanks to climate change.
According to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seasonality report published in late 2021, all seasons have warmed in the U.S., with winter temperatures increasing by nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1896.
See, this would have been an interesting story about armadillos spreading, but, of course the Cult had to drop this stuff into the mix.
Possum on the half shell.
Armadillos showed up in Missouri years ago. It seemed they were born dead on the shoulder of Interstate 44.
But oh noes!! Now they’re in the Democratic People’s Republic of Karolina (DPRC)! It’s said armadillos carry the Mycobacterium that causes Victor Hanson’s Disease (leprosy).
Be sure and cook them thoroughly before eating.
All full of myths and lies today, huh Rimjob?
What are you full of today, SpitRoast… fore and aft. You must be extra lonely today. Poor, poor baby.
The picture is of the gloriously-named Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) , which is not found in the US.
Here in the US we have only the Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), known as a “Hoover Hog” in Texas during the Great Depression..
Still got your panties in a wad, huh chubby?
WHO pulled your lacy panties down, SpitRoast? You got coming and going today, didn’t you?
But Global Warming stopped 8 years ago.
https://junkscience.com/2023/10/climate-fact-check-september-2023/
JL,
Steve Milloy is lying to you. According to the three surface temperature datasets the Earth has warmed 0.17 degree C since 2015.
Here’s how hucksters such as Milloy (lawyer-lobbyist for oil and tobacco companies) mislead you. They pick a trough in the current temperature record then walk back until they find a peak as high as the trough.
In fact from 2012 to 2020 it warmed 0.4C!! But cooled 0.2C from 2020 to 2023!!
There is variability in the year to year record, but the trend is up, up, up.
Note too that when it serves propagandists of Milloy’s ilk, they switch from supporting the surface record to the satellite record and back again, LOL.
Do your own research! The truth is out there!
Everybody is lying to you except Rimjob.
Lace panties still in a wad, SpitRoast?
Not sure about everybody, but SpitRoast and Steve Milloy sure are.
I pointed out how Milloy is lying. Care to refute? LOL.
Still no valid citations.
Seems Rimjob has trouble posting them because everybody is lying.
The Earth’s Temperature
https://temperature.global/
Milloy wasn’t lying-NOAA showed no warming from 2015 to 2022.
“The trend is up, up”. The trend for those years in question was down.
“Milloy, lawyer lobbyist for oil and tobacco companies..”. And that proves what he said is wrong…how?
But I see, as opposed to being a lobbyist for governments, who fund the alarmist side and have infinitely bigger pockets than any oil company…
How did Milloy’s and Teach’s and your Great Pause turn out? LOL. Warmer, right?
He ran The Advancement of Sound Science Center for Philip Morris to counter legislation against second-hand smoke!
“I do have a bias. I’m all for the coal industry, the fossil-fuel industry. Wealth is what makes people happy, not pristine air, which you’ll never get.” – The New Yorker, 2018
Milloy as a lobbyist for oil and tobacco corporations reveals his bias, does it not? He used to argue that tobacco use didn’t cause cancer!!
“Warmer, Right..” Hello- he never said otherwise. He said the globe cooled in those years mentioned. That is a true statement.
And again, those views don’t refute that. But good one “it’s difficult to get a man t o understand something when his salary depends…”. Yes, said every alarmist scientist receiving grants from governments around the world to keep the “crisis”alive. Many of those who don’t, as we’ve seen, aren’t published or removed from their positions. *Science* Butt seeing as all the money is on the government/alarmist side, thanks for making my point