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HIPPOS get Covid: Belgium zoo confirms two creatures aged 14 and 41, test positive for Coronavirus in first recorded case in the species
Daily Mail ^
Posted on 12/04/2021 12:59:58 PM PST by algore
A Belgian zoo has confirmed that two hippopotamuses have tested positive for coronavirus in what could be the first reported cases in the species.
Hippos Imani, aged 14, and 41-year-old Hermien have no symptoms apart from a runny nose.
Antwerp Zoo in Belgium said the pair had been put into quarantine as a precaution.
It is unclear how the hippos caught the virus, but staff tested the pair after they were seen 'expelling snot'.
'To my knowledge, this is the first time in this species. Worldwide, this virus has been reported mainly in great apes and felines,' said the zoo's vet, Francis Vercammen.
Antwerp Zoo is investigating the causes of the contagion. None of the zookeepers had recently shown COVID-19 symptoms or tested positive for the virus, the zoo said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; hippo; search
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posted on
12/04/2021 12:59:58 PM PST
by
algore
To: algore
Well, I guess I won’t be getting that hippopotamus for Christmas...
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:03:43 PM PST
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
To: algore
Hippos with a runny nose. Interesting how this make the news.
To: algore
Oh my, hippos! Now I may have to take this virus scare seriously!
/s
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:04:00 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
(“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: Dilbert San Diego
Imagine that nasal swab….
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:04:45 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: algore
How the hell do they get it. They have only a couple handlers. Something bizarre is going on. Is it in the food supply? It’s the only thing I can think of. Is it in a plant??
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:05:55 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
( )
To: algore
What idiots test animals?
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:05:57 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
To: fidelis
Were they vaxxed?
It is amazing how many species this rona has crossed. Will this cause a new hippomicron varient?
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:06:13 PM PST
by
CJ Wolf
( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
To: algore
I doubt they got it while hanging out at Walmart.
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:07:39 PM PST
by
refreshed
(But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
To: algore
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:10:31 PM PST
by
moovova
To: algore
Well, I hope zoos across the world take note, and make sure that hippos (and RINOs, and other zoo-like animals) wear masks and social distance. And, get vaccinated.
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:12:33 PM PST
by
C210N
(Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:12:40 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: algore
It is harmful, even worse than useless, to vaccinate (especially imperfectly)
against diseases with obviously vast reservoirs in the animal kingdom.
Follow the bleeping science!
Or continue to force mutations until they get the extinction plague they
are after.
Choose.
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:13:00 PM PST
by
EasySt
(Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
To: algore
Gotta keep that propaganda going..
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:14:09 PM PST
by
Trillian
To: algore
Cross-reactivity with a encephalomyocarditis virus...?
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:16:38 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
To: algore
They should have been wearing masks.
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:18:05 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
To: Sacajaweau
Maybe it is airborne
I read a book about a food supply theory many years ago.
The Contaminant
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:18:42 PM PST
by
algore
To: Dilbert San Diego
Now we know how they tagged with names like “Bubbles.”
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:19:34 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: algore
To: Sacajaweau
How the hell do they get it. They have only a couple handlers. Something bizarre is going on. Is it in the food supply? It's the only thing I can think of. Is it in a plant?? Does it even exist?
Perhaps these "positives" are just your run of the mill respiratory viruses? When they actually are not just totally imaginary.
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posted on
12/04/2021 1:21:23 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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