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[–] simple@piefed.social 55 points 2 months ago (3 children)

whoever will stop this massive armadillo kaiju trampling over the united states?

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 months ago

Wouldnt make it any worse than it already is. Maybe it will unite the idiots again.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Will nobody rid me of this massive armadillo kaiju?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Positively turbulent

[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

No one. Let it do the work, it's needed.

[–] rami@ani.social 21 points 2 months ago

We just find out how they were able to breach the impenetrable walls of swine.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Armadillos! ...

... versus! ...

Feral Hogs!

F I G H T !

[–] HeadyBroccoli@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

If that’s what it was supposed to look like in 2023 I wonder what the actual distribution was that year.

Found info from previous years

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't know, but I do suspect 'big angry bacon' is soon gonna be on a lot more people's menus, lol.

[–] HeadyBroccoli@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Love me some wild boar!

My inner tarheel is screaming the solution to this problem. We'll have the mother of all pig pickens!

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

As someone descended from lowland Scots, I will get the spears. Just need some hounds and we'll have bacon.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The fact that the human side has gone radio silent on the war tells you all you need to know. Pray to whatever god you observe. It's going to get bleak.

[–] HeadyBroccoli@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

I actually know quite a few people that participate in hog culling, and I know in my surrounding area (Californian suburb) there are a bunch of boar cages set up to trap them, so I wouldn’t really say it’s radio silent at all, perhaps maybe a bit more quiet in your area though.

[–] BobbyGasoline@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I,for one, welcome our new feral pig overlords.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hogs no diff that and then learn enough tool use to take the akimbo AR-15s from our corpses

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

mild confusion, followed by"YEEHAW!!", followed by excited aerial gunfire

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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ICE is going to take care of it

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago

Leprosy is back on the menu, baby

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn’t worry too much; they don’t have thumbs, so flying a jet may turn into an unexpected challenge hehehe.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm… do you actually need thumbs to fly a modern commercial jet?

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would say yes, in order to have a sufficient grip on the stick/yoke

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Cookie has a point though… I’m really worried now.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Musk wants to install his neuralink thing in them so they can fly that way. No thumbs needed.

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Southern Florida shows us that the only way to defeat them is with alligators.

"We know how to take them out, General. Spread the word."

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Um, no, that's just the part of Florida that the animals can tell will be under water soon.

Well, ok yeah, alligators would then be a problem.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reminder: do not eat those.

You've been warned.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's how you get leprosy. But I mean... It would be pretty badass to get a biblical diesease.

[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

There is exactly one and it is that giant one in the picture. He is surveying new potential lands to extend his power.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anywhere but the south tip of florida apparently

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Professionals have standards, they saw Florida and said no thanks.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Possum on the half shell. Dillo power!

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Teenage Mutant Arma-dillos

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yo I love armadillos and I rarely see them, but this map shows them just barely where I live. I hope to see one here soon, I'm sure the first one I see will be on the road, but then hopefully alive soon too :)

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I moved to Armadillo territory 10 years ago and sadly I've never seen one alive, only roadkill confirming their presence. The tarantula are the same way. We're just not in the places they frolic most of the time, and if we are, they hide.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Maybe you'll get to see both... one right after the other.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've seen them very rarely in metro Atlanta.

Which means they've reached Hartsfield International Airport, and we're all even more screwed.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I love the word aviation. Makes it feel like you can nounify other animal types. Like mammation. Or you could go into subgroups, like cervidation, chiropteration, monotremation, etc.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm trying to figure out how they're supposed to get to Los Angeles without crossing through San Diego. I guess hop a plane to LAX and go to Disneyland?

Edit: Urgh, I just realized there's probably some evil bastards out there who'd smuggle armadillo babies in their pants.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As an invasive species what harm do they cause?

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Armadillos in Boston

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is a message from big boar to distract you from who's really taking over.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkJemc4T5NYZRH_2kTRBKeYVf6mmx0lQK

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Soon we will rule the Tri-State Area!!!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

Armadillhole.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm calling it now: the 9-banded armadillo will be adopted as Canada's mascot in the next decade, after they become the main species in the Canadian deserts.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Watch cute pet armadillos on tiktok, then see how you feel about it

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