Morten St George Theory

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Helmut, it might be a lamb, a sacrificial lamb (cloudband) or a golden fleece.

But I think the point is that the "New World" researchers (Janick and Tucker) are using the armadillo identification as one of their arguments that the manuscript is a New World creation. One can't make that argument if there is an Old World animal that looks more like the VMS drawing than the armadillo (for example, a pangolin).