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Originally Posted by pgardn
Well I know Zookeepers who have been stomped to death by Elephants. And I know Beekeepers. Know them well, on a first name basis. I think I one upped her.
No actually I agree. Our little primate brethren, while amusing in their anthropomorphic buffoonery, are quite dirtly little Bstrds from a viral point of view. Just think if we actually raised them on a massive basis as we do Birds and Pigs (thank you Asia). We could have a monkey-bird-swine flu that would wipe out the Christian South. Scuds would like that.
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I prefer to think they're not so much "dirty" as "similar" (though yes, they are awfully messy. So are we, though).
In fact, the main theory on AIDS is that it hopped from primates to people, isn't that right? And the primate version is relatively harmless to primates? Or is my info years out of date?
Cajun, I bet those pigs were way cute. We have two at the zoo, Otis and Oliver. I don't like them the way I loved one of the pigs we had some years back, Tallulah. All black with four pink "booties" and if she thought you would stay with her longer than 20 seconds she rolled over on her back so you could scratch her belly. Oh, I loved her.