Friday, May 06, 2005

Slutty Penguins?

Drudge links to a report of a dozen dead penguins at the San Francisco Zoo. The cause? Chlamydia. Uh, huh, as in the veneral disease.

The bacteria, which was most likely transmitted to the birds by an infected seagull, is spread through airborne saliva or other bodily fluids, said Bob Jenkins, the zoo's director of animal care and conservation. A similar disease is sexually transmitted in humans.

"One quick exposure and you're off and running," Jenkins said, adding that at its height, nearly 80 percent of the zoo's penguin colony was infected. "It required very aggressive treatment on our part."

And I thought they walked funny naturally. Who knew?


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