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irisblue

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3. many wombats have herpes, no one will believe you got it from a wombat, I'm just saying
Sat May 1, 2021, 04:12 PM
May 2021

source-https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2015-10-07/herpes-widespread-in-australian-marsupials/6783450
snip-"Around a third of wild Australian marsupials, and nearly half of wild wombats, have active herpes virus infections, suggests the largest study of its kind.

The findings, published in the journal PLOS ONE, have implications for preventing serious disease outbreaks from herpes viruses in zoos."
more at source.




another way Australian animals mess with humans
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