I can't believe no one has posted this - SARS came from cats?

[CADsortaGUY]

Linky

CkG

 

[Bowfinger]

Interesting article. First I'd heard about it. I wonder if this knowledge will help us better contain SARS, or whether that genie is already out of the bottle.

 

[rbV5]

Civet Cats are not "cats" LOL.

Link

 

[Insane3D]

Interesting article...thanks. I wasn't aware they had changed from their original assumption it originated from pigs. Pigs, unlike many animals, can get animal and human viruses, and as a result are usually the melting pot from which a virus mutates into one that can affect humans. I'm interested to see what comes of this story since simply eating a animal with an animal virus will usually not result in an infection since the virus is an animal virus to begin with. The virus usually needs to mutate to affect humans. If the SARS virus would infect people in the original form it had in these civet cats, it would have been widespread over there long before now since they have been eating those animals for quite some time. Anyone that came in contact with them would have easily been at risk of getting SARS.

It will be interesting to see new information come out as they learn more and more about SARS.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: rbV5
Civet Cats are not "cats" LOL.

Link

Your link:

"Civets are not true cats, but the civet family is related to the cat family (Felidae)."

Excuse me for not posting "..civet cats" which is reported by ABC

But anyway - they sure do sound delicious I think I'll go to China to try me some.

CkG

 

[charrison]

no, sars came from space....

 

[datalink7]

So, were the cats Republicans or Democrats?

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: datalink7
So, were the cats Republicans or Democrats?

Demorepublicats.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Seems like any time a disease crosses over, or mutates from another animal species into the
human side of biology the consequences are bad.
The 'Swine' or Spanish Flu back in world war I killed about 10% of the world population then.
HIV AIDS appears to have come from a species of monkey in Asia as well as in Africa where
the eating of those animals was considered a delicacy - just like these civet cats.
It must be God's punishment for eating his tasty friends.

I hear that McDonalds is putting in oversized furniture in all their restraunts so the obese
customers won't look so fat, along with surplus fun house mirrors.

 

[Spyro]

It must be God's punishment for eating his tasty friends.

I hear that McDonalds is putting in oversized furniture in all their restraunts so the obese
customers won't look so fat, along with surplus fun house mirrors.

link?

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: charrison
no, sars came from space....

Maybe cats are from outer space.

 

[Zebo]

I fusken hate cats always have always will. Now at least I have a good reason.

 

[Ltroy24]

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
I fusken hate cats always have always will. Now at least I have a good reason.

No, Cats are cool just don't eat them.

 

[Ltroy24]

BTW, My Tiger (cat) uses your eagle as an appitizer.

 

[Vadatajs]

http://www.siddhayoga.org/lake_news/gsp_images/zoom/Civet-Cat.jpg

pic of civet cat

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Ltroy24
BTW, My Tiger (cat) uses your eagle as an appitizer.

they just always freked me out when they purr. They like me but the feelings not mutual.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Another picture of Civet Cat

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Vadatajs
http://www.siddhayoga.org/lake_news/gsp_images/zoom/Civet-Cat.jpg

pic of civet cat

Looks like a fox

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
Another picture of Civet Cat

ROTFLMAO

 

[Zebo]

Here they say sars comes from outer space