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  • A Tropical Parasite, Passed Through the Bite of a Sand Fly, Is Causing Skin Infections in the US

    10/22/2023 1:14:45 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 30 replies
    KSBW ^ | Oct 22, 2023 | Brenda Goodman
    Move over mosquitos. There's another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly.Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about a quarter of the size of a mosquito — that live in warm, wet, rural and forested areas. In other parts of the world, they are known to transmit a parasite — a single-celled organism — that causes an infectious disease called leishmaniasis. They're most active at night, and they're so tiny they can slip through ordinary mosquito nets on tents or window screens. "Sometimes you don't even notice that you've been bitten,"...
  • Winged Cats (feline cutaneous pegapuss) - How can they possibly exist?

    10/06/2004 2:39:56 PM PDT · by vannrox · 42 replies · 2,796+ views
    Messy Beast ^ | FR Post Oct 2004 | Editorial Staff- Sarah Hartwell
    WINGED CATS - WHAT ARE THEY? Sarah Hartwell Over the years there have been reports of winged cats, some of whom flapped their wings. Is this a new mutation of cats allowing them to take to the air after feathered prey or does the answer lie in poor grooming or an uncommon hereditary condition affecting the skin? As with the mythical "cabbit" (half-cat-half-rabbit) many would like to believe in winged cats which can fly. There are many authentic cases on file of cats with furry wing-like appendages, and in some cases the ability to move their wings, but as with...