From the "News Story Useful Only for Comic Relief" File: 8 Arrested in Ant-Eater Smuggling

"Hey, is that an anteater in your p..." Nah, too easy.

UPDATE: Proof of my assertion of the comic potential of pangolins, echidnas, and anteaters we have this just in to Possumblog Comedy Ward from Nate McCord way out in Osmandland--

"It crossed my mind several years ago, living in Louisiana and fighting the battle of the fire ants, that maybe anteaters could be domesticated and made into backyard pets to keep the ant population at bay.

It even crossed my mind that if a person owned a small herd of pointy noses, that fire ant control duty could be contracted for the local municipalities and the critters shepherded to whatever area needed attention.

But 'twas not to be. Darn things only breed about 1 offspring every other year or so, so ranching them seemed unprofitable. And apparently they think nothing of digging a 5 foot hole in your yard if that's how far the ants have penetrated.

Another great idea spoiled by the facts..."

Nonsense and piffle! THIS IS AMERICA--Where there is a will, there is a way, and so therefore the Possumblog Genetic Research and Sportsman Class Stock Car Team are hereby tasked with finding the secret to anteater gestational non-productivity through the use of fertility drugs, careful genetic selection, anteater porn, Barry White 8-tracks, and the good folks at Willie's Anteater Safari Farm in Opp, Alabama to break down this barrier to wealth and fame and get it to where we have anteaters a'spawning like snakeheads! Here's to you, Nate! (Oh, yeah, we might need to have a couple of F-16s around for fun.)
posted by Terry at 1:38:00 PM