Simon Favre wrote:
> Yes, as a matter of fact, they ARE mammals. If they showed up at
> a race track tho, they would spend so much time jumping up into
> the air, they might qualify as birds. ;=)
You have heard, of course, of the hapless pig on track during the 12
Hours of Sebring...
Let's see here (consulting my 1987 edition of "Flattened Fauna"):
"Armadillo...unaware...vehicle is approaching until it is very near,
and then the animal's startled response is to leap straight up into the
air, usually to about bumper height."
Opossum - "Contrary to popular southern opinion, opossums are not born
dead by the side of the road." "The road shape is a nearly uniform oval
even after a few passes from an eighteen wheeler."
--
Dick
Age & Treachery Racing, Ltd.
Kansas City, USA
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/atrltd
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