RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 1 day agoArizona resident dies from the plague less than 24 hours after showing symptomswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoI think armadillos and prairie dogs harbor the disease. Don’t mess with them! Edit: armadillos might be leprosy, can’t remember for sure right now
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoApparently also chipmunks. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chipmunks-test-positive-for-plague-closing-area-of-lake-tahoe-california-b1898677.html … sorry, Alvin.
minus-squareMyBrainHurts@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYou’d think the shell would be enough but nope, armadillos had to go for biological warfare too. Jerks!
I think armadillos and prairie dogs harbor the disease. Don’t mess with them!
Edit: armadillos might be leprosy, can’t remember for sure right now
Apparently also chipmunks.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chipmunks-test-positive-for-plague-closing-area-of-lake-tahoe-california-b1898677.html
… sorry, Alvin.
You’d think the shell would be enough but nope, armadillos had to go for biological warfare too. Jerks!