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don't be ridiculous, you don't need to encounter ANY animal LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 17/08/2011 02:02:04 AM
First of all, there's records of prions passing human-to-human via cannibalism. Since that's not an issue for you, your body can also manifest prion disease ALL ON ITS OWN. There is some documentation of this happening with Creus-whateverIhatespelling-Jacobs Disease.

really, if you think about it, it's a bit like infectious cancer. Your body fucks up, but in this case, it didn't fuck up genetic coding (leading to cancer), but a protein. That then EATS YOUR BRAIN.

All in all, they're pretty scary and most people should feel blessed they don't know as much about them as, say, I and rebelaessedai do :P
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For the second time, another disease has been declared "eradicated" LadyLorraine - 16/08/2011 11:11:20 PM 923 Views
Something scary about "animal" diseases- rebelaessedai - 16/08/2011 11:51:45 PM 479 Views
I was reading about prions at Cracked.com earlier. Joel - 17/08/2011 01:51:29 AM 534 Views
don't be ridiculous, you don't need to encounter ANY animal LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 02:02:04 AM 453 Views
Technically, humans are animals, but that was actually my point. Joel - 17/08/2011 02:29:46 AM 586 Views
lol that's hysterical LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 03:15:49 AM 438 Views
Wiki is vague on this. Ghavrel - 17/08/2011 07:52:09 AM 457 Views
from what we were taught LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 08:12:06 AM 450 Views
And another scary thing- rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 03:57:28 PM 435 Views
yah, prions are a scary scary thing. LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 01:58:53 AM 468 Views
Well, my paranoia is grounded. rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 04:01:02 PM 436 Views
oh it's definitely grounded. LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 06:33:29 PM 446 Views
Re: Something scary about "animal" diseases- Praziquantel - 17/08/2011 04:45:27 AM 470 Views
Sorry. rebelaessedai - 17/08/2011 03:58:39 PM 456 Views
Re: Sorry. Praziquantel - 17/08/2011 09:46:59 PM 471 Views
Interesting. rebelaessedai - 18/08/2011 08:30:39 PM 480 Views
lol you know what's funny? LadyLorraine - 18/08/2011 10:21:53 PM 419 Views
Wait, what? We do?? rebelaessedai - 19/08/2011 07:02:46 PM 531 Views
oh there's no huge funny stories LadyLorraine - 20/08/2011 02:31:35 PM 393 Views
Turns out you're right Praziquantel - 18/08/2011 10:36:42 PM 507 Views
Huh. rebelaessedai - 19/08/2011 07:05:04 PM 372 Views
*shudder* *NM* Avendesora - 17/08/2011 06:57:33 PM 211 Views
If Rinderpest = Foot & Mouth, it most certainly wasn't gone from the First World years ago. Tim - 17/08/2011 05:51:41 PM 459 Views
no, that's not what I meant LadyLorraine - 17/08/2011 06:30:28 PM 417 Views
Ah, that's obvious now I read it again. Tim - 17/08/2011 06:52:57 PM 436 Views
yah, as far as they know the chunnel wasn't the cause either LadyLorraine - 18/08/2011 02:34:37 AM 469 Views
In a way, I'm glad I never heard of it, and hope I don't have to deal with it! *NM* Nolan - 17/08/2011 06:36:28 PM 228 Views
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