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Koala Population Ravaged by Chlamydia
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| 9/17/10
| Larry Knowles
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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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crikey; koala; napl; socialdisease; std
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Crikey!
Don't worry, there is the usual global warming/evil human BS in the article.
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posted on
09/17/2010 1:44:33 PM PDT
by
GQuagmire
To: Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono
Lesbian koalas are a bit too social it seems...
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posted on
09/17/2010 1:47:08 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: GQuagmire
Okay, who screwed the pooch?
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posted on
09/17/2010 1:59:34 PM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(REPEAL OR REBEL! -- Islam Delenda Est! -- I Want Constantinople Back. -- Rumble thee forth.)
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
The only thing scarier than koalas with chlamydia is the guy who gave it to them.
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:03:58 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: GQuagmire
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:10:24 PM PDT
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality: Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
I did not have...
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:11:28 PM PDT
by
Dahoser
(Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
To: GQuagmire
Several chlamydia species, only one (trachomatis) is a human pathogen; apparently the others infect swine or hamsters.
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:14:54 PM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:15:07 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: Dahoser
LOL! Go on say the rest of it ........... sex with that koala! Not a single time! ROTHLMBO!
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:15:42 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Slings and Arrows
PS the Ventures wrote the theme song to this movie!
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:17:19 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
To: a fool in paradise
Lesbian koalas are a bit too social it seems... Well, according the encyclopedia, the koala is a small furry animal that eats bush and leaves.
To: a fool in paradise
"You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that koala out. That's a good-looking koala."
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:22:23 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: a fool in paradise
We planted some red gum trees last spring, and they’re doing well. I wonder if I can get a disease-free koala family to move in?
‘Course, they may not do well in the snow...
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:27:49 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Maybe they’ll open some shelters for abused koalas to get away from that guy, whoever he was [cough] Clinton.
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:31:01 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(Pablo is very wily.)
To: GQuagmire
That is weird. I thought animals didn’t get VD.
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:31:58 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
To: GQuagmire
Perhaps we can use some of the stimulus money to fund a project to teach the male Koala how to wash their penis’ after sex?
What say yee?
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:36:18 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: GQuagmire
If the wife ever asks, just tell her it was just a Koala.
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:56:08 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: TheOldLady
I’m waiting for the paternity suits.
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posted on
09/17/2010 2:59:39 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: GQuagmire
Well they should keep their little koala pants zipped up then, shouldn't they.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
To: Persevero
"That is weird. I thought animals didnt get VD."M Horses are also susceptible to contracting venereal diseases. I believe gonorrhea is one of them.
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posted on
09/17/2010 3:55:48 PM PDT
by
StormEye
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