Health & U.S. admin on 31 Mar 2006 02:22 pm
Researchers Warn of Crocodile Flu
While the rest of the world battles the emergence of avian flu as the possible source of the next pandemic, the United States is coming to grips with another potential danger: crocodile flu.
“Diagnosing this illness is one of our biggest problems,” Dr. Stephen Bright said at the annual American Croctologist Convention held at the Exit 13 Sheraton in Orlando, Florida. He tapped his peg leg with one of his hook hands for emphasis. “Who here has had difficulties taking the anal temperature of a crocodile to verify infection?”
A good two dozen hook hands rose across the sparsely populated room.
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http://www.crystalair.com/content.php?id=67200603031
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