walkswithblackflies
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jul 16, 2020 6:13:12 GMT -8
marmotstew - you may want to consider a change to your diet. Teenage boy dies from bubonic plague after eating marmot Mongolia has recorded 692 cases of marmot plague from 1928 to 2018. Of those, 513 died of the disease, equivalent to a mortality rate of just over 74%.
Officials from Russia's Ministry of Agriculture and Food told citizens in the border area not to hunt marmots or eat marmot meat, and to take preventive measures against insect bites.
The Russian Embassy in Mongolia cited Sergei Diorditsu, a World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Mongolia, who reportedly said the province sees seasonal outbreaks of the plague, according to Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti.
"There are natural foci of plague in Mongolia and the disease is spread by tarbagans (Mongolian marmots)," the embassy said.
"The problem is that local residents who, despite all prohibitions and recommendations of local authorities, continue to hunt them and eat them, as this is a local delicacy."www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/asia/mongolia-plague-death-scli-intl/index.html
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balzaccom
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Post by balzaccom on Jul 16, 2020 6:39:26 GMT -8
Rodents. They may be furry and cute, but they are still rodents.
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Jul 16, 2020 14:31:46 GMT -8
Is that the African tarbagans or the European tarbagans?
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Jul 16, 2020 14:52:48 GMT -8
IIRC marmie has actually been to Mongolia.
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Post by marmotstew on Jul 17, 2020 18:31:05 GMT -8
But I’m high in protein. And free range.
Not sure why I picked my screen name all those years ago. Maybe I was high?
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ErnieW
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Post by ErnieW on Jul 22, 2020 18:51:58 GMT -8
Is that the African tarbagans or the European tarbagans? Laden or unladen? But I guess for either their airspeed is zero.
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driftwoody
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Post by driftwoody on Jul 22, 2020 19:00:23 GMT -8
Their cargo is carried in tandem with a tether.
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walkswithblackflies
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jul 23, 2020 5:15:23 GMT -8
Is that the African tarbagans or the European tarbagans? The African tarbagan is non-migratory.
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