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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

You can die from herpes? Probably more likely to die from beastiality rape.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

As a matter of fact, yes. I was talking to a vet at a friend's wedding, and he casually mentioned that working with simians is a dangerous field for many reasons that you wouldn't think of, like their herpesvirus strains killing us.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Luckily it says it’s extremely rare

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, yeah. The only way to get it is from contact with an infected monkey, or something that has recently contacted them, like a needle.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

With no end to deforestation in sight, and fixing the housing crisis, monkeys have been sharing crack houses with humans

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