Horse Slaughter Revisited

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

You're a brave man. Our genes are too close for my comfort- we can share too many viruses between us. I know zookeepers have to be very careful with macaques because many of them carry Herpes B, which, while harmless to them (just as Herpes A, while annoying, is harmless to humans), is absolutely deadly to humans.

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.