Posted on 09/17/2010 1:44:27 PM PDT by GQuagmire
(Sept. 17) -- The world's koala population is being ravaged by an epidemic that would seem at odds with the animal's image as the cuddly emblem of Australia. According to researchers, 50 to 80 percent of the marsupials are infected with a disease commonly associated with human promiscuity: chlamydia.
That's right, chlamydia. The situation is so dire, in fact, that experts fear the koala may become extinct in a few decades if a vaccine isn't developed.
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ping for your expertise.
Was the coffee involved?
I didn’t know you were a lawyer. You never cease to amaze me.
Okay, when did Bubba switch?
Well now...just who’s fault is this?
The Leapin Lizard Stallions of Austria were nearly wiped out by syphilis about 30 years ago.
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