As a matter of fact, yes. I was talking to a vet at a friend's wedding, and he casually mentioned that working with simians is a dangerous field for many reasons that you wouldn't think of, like their herpesvirus strains killing us.

[–] venusaur 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Luckily it says it’s extremely rare

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, yeah. The only way to get it is from contact with an infected monkey, or something that has recently contacted them, like a needle.

[–] venusaur 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

With no end to deforestation in sight, and fixing the housing crisis, monkeys have been sharing crack houses with humans

[–] mojofrododojo 2 points 1 day ago

Probably more likely to die from beastiality rape.

I was thinking cruise ship waste but uh.... yeah.... that'll probably fuck up a penguin