re: #350 CuriousLurker

They’re pretty fearsome looking, but fairly shy (you wanna steer clear of their claws though). We used to see them all the time in TX—they showed up in our backyard more than once when I was a kid. Raccoons & skunks too.

They look like small-scale models from the Jurassic, but they’re harmless, except for digging in flower beds to get their grub. Really odd fact: They’re the only known creatures besides humans who can contract leprosy, and have therefore been used in research on that disease.