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25. Wow...

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 01:07 PM

Mar 2023

That's scary. We trap raccoons here because they kill the chickens/ducks/geese.

How was your dog exposed to their saliva?

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New Covid origins data suggests pandemic linked to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market [View all] riversedge Mar 2023 OP

well that took me down a rabbit hole jcgoldie Mar 2023 #1

I swear I thought this was satire when I first saw it this morning genxlib Mar 2023 #2

It might as well be Satire if you read the NYT's article womanofthehills Mar 2023 #21

The Atlantic also published about it NickB79 Mar 2023 #22

What did they do to it? CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #3

People like having someone to blame IronLionZion Mar 2023 #10

Virologists knew coronaviruses were mutating and on the move Warpy Mar 2023 #11

Racoon dogs are a suspected conduit for SARS1. Eugene Mar 2023 #5

Raccoon dogs are neither raccoons nor dogs, but they are in the family Canidae. friend of a friend Mar 2023 #6

Racoon Dog ... aggiesal Mar 2023 #7

More on racoon dogs IronLionZion Mar 2023 #8

+1 CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #9

I've heard people from the north disparage people from the south Warpy Mar 2023 #13

I grew up in Appalachia IronLionZion Mar 2023 #14

Squirrel isn't bad if you soak it in milk overnight Warpy Mar 2023 #16

That's quite an attractive animal Bayard Mar 2023 #20

And then there's this: Tomconroy Mar 2023 #12

LOL gotta love Jon intrepidity Mar 2023 #17

So happy to be vegetarian and not part of this atrocity! Coventina Mar 2023 #15

Was not familiar with what a Raccoon-Dog was but PlutosHeart Mar 2023 #18

I'd be interested to know what that disease is Bayard Mar 2023 #19

I almost dread to say the name PlutosHeart Mar 2023 #24

Wow... Bayard Mar 2023 #25

Off a thin metal wire fence we think. PlutosHeart Mar 2023 #26

Sounds a lot like botulism in herbivores Bayard Mar 2023 #27

Don't think there is a vaccination for this. PlutosHeart Mar 2023 #29

OMG! Tom Nook was responsible for COVID...? regnaD kciN Mar 2023 #23

This is awful. Raccoon dogs are incredible creatures. Kennah Mar 2023 #28