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by Denny » Tue May 22, 2007 12:01 pm
DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) -- A Denver Zoo monkey has died of bubonic plague, apparently after eating a squirrel stricken with the disease, Colorado health and zoo officials said Monday.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/21/buboni ... index.html
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by Jack » Tue May 22, 2007 12:02 pm
It's a beautifully scarey story. I even wrote a poem incorporating it.
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by djm » Tue May 22, 2007 12:11 pm
Plague squirrels!
Not even Richard Adams could dream up anything so sick, so evil, so twisted beyond all bounds of decency. But that's the way it is with plague animals. You think you know them, you think they care and return your affection, and then suddenly they're turning their hordes of merciless fleas on you, hunting you relentlessly, infecting you over and over again in a wild, senseless orgy of buboes.
What's for lunch?
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by Jack » Tue May 22, 2007 12:14 pm
Fleas.
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by gonzo914 » Tue May 22, 2007 12:53 pm
'Bubonic Monkey' -- what an excellent name for a band.
Crazy for the blue white and red
Crazy for the blue white and red
And yellow fringe
Crazy for the blue white red and yellow
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by jsluder » Tue May 22, 2007 1:09 pm
gonzo914 wrote: 'Bubonic Monkey' -- what an excellent name for a band.
Let me guess: they're the opening act for the
Squirrel Nut Zippers .
Giles: "We few, we happy few."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
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by missy » Tue May 22, 2007 1:22 pm
jsluder wrote: gonzo914 wrote: 'Bubonic Monkey' -- what an excellent name for a band.
Let me guess: they're the opening act for the
Squirrel Nut Zippers .
And their signature song is "Squirrel Heads and Gravy".
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by Aanvil » Tue May 22, 2007 2:37 pm
I think I have the Bucolic Plauge.
Its REALLY nice outside today.
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by Denny » Tue May 22, 2007 2:57 pm
ya do look a bit squirrelly
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by Denny » Tue May 22, 2007 4:26 pm
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by Unseen122 » Tue May 22, 2007 8:31 pm
Do monkeys usually eat squirrels? That seems a bit odd to me.
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by Jack » Tue May 22, 2007 8:34 pm
I think most primates (including people) are primarily or entirely vegetarian, but the occasional bug, egg, slice of cheese or squirrel family isn't unheard of.
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by Lambchop » Tue May 22, 2007 8:41 pm
Unseen122 wrote: Do monkeys usually eat squirrels? That seems a bit odd to me.
I believe they may be what is known as "opportunistic" feeders.
Dead squirrels would be on page 1 of the menu, since they can't run away.
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by Rod Sprague » Tue May 22, 2007 8:41 pm
Opportunistic omnivore is the key concept here. Jinx!