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re: Armadillos would have a longer life span...

If they would evolve a different predator response to oncoming automobiles. I suspect that the large number of skunks in the road is a result of a predator response (displaying, spraying) that is not appropriate to the automobile. Same for turtles. Evolution in action.

The turtles need to evolve REALLY thick shells and tire puncturing spikes. If we are still driving cars in ten thousand years, who knows?

Sea snails have evolved thick shells to deal with the surf and other things. I can actually stand on a sea snail on one foot without crushing it. Not so for a land snail. Yech.

We have a lot of dead squirrels around here, not because they have an inappropriate response to cars (run like hell), but because they can't decide which side of the road they want to run to, or having gotten there, they decide they really wanted to be on the other side. Clever squirrels cross the road on the overhead wires. I see this a lot.

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