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A Plethora of Pangolins!  Geez, can you imagine Sylvester the Cat saying that?

They say Covid-19 (express to you from China) came from bats or pangolins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin
Did you ever see one of these things?  Yikes.  :headscratch:

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Pangolins, or scaly anteaters,[2] are mammals of the order Pholidota (from Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς, "horny scale").

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Pangolins have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin; they are the only known mammals with this feature.

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Pangolins are threatened by poaching (for their meat and scales, which are used in Chinese traditional medicine for a variety of ailments including excessive anxiety and hysterical crying in children, women thought to be possessed by devils and ogres, malarial fever, and deafness[4]) and heavy deforestation of their natural habitats, and are the most trafficked mammals in the world.

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That's pretty much it.

When we were kids,  we'd just pluck the scales off of them as they ran by.  And squeeze the juice into our noses.  It's like caffeine.

The virus most certainly did not come from the Wuhan military bio-research facility.

Nuh-uh.

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4 minutes ago, minervadoe said:

A Plethora of Pangolins!  Geez, can you imagine Sylvester Cat saying that?

They say Covid-19 (express to you from China) came from bats or pangolins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin
Did you ever see one of these things?  Yikes.  :headscratch:

shutterstock_178657826.jpg?1423765542ekyx4n.jpg

When I saw this I went to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin

then I got all caught up in their disclaimer at the top of the page.

"....that our volunteers are working to bring you a trusted source of unbiased information.  Throughout these challenging times ..... ", in other words when this is over we go back to spreading B S.

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So...

It came from people eating live animals from the open market.

This is a wild stretch...,  but let's suppose,  that people in China have been eating live animals for thousands of years.  It could happen.

And then suddenly,  a virus mutated, and decided to jump into humans (that could really happen).

So....

It didn't happen for thousands of years...

but happened to the market next to a bio-research facility?

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Just now, Huaco Kid said:

So...

It came from people eating live animals from the open market.

This is a wild stretch...,  but let's suppose,  that people in China have been eating live animals for thousands of years.  It could happen.

And then suddenly,  a virus mutated, and decided to jump into humans (that could really happen).

So....

It didn't happen for thousands of years...

but happened to the market next to a bio-research facility?

Same jump, albeit a little bigger...………..

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2 minutes ago, janice6 said:

When I saw this I went to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin

then I got all caught up in their disclaimer at the top of the page.

"....that our volunteers are working to bring you a trusted source of unbiased information.  Throughout these challenging times ..... ", in other words when this is over we go back to spreading B S.

So, did you see their picture?  It is straight out of the chapter on "When Nocturnal Animals are Shocked by an Artificial Light."  It reminds me of a deer in the headlights (but slower, much, much slower).

Pangolin_borneo.jpg

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2 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said:

So...

It came from people eating live animals from the open market.

This is a wild stretch...,  but let's suppose,  that people in China have been eating live animals for thousands of years.  It could happen.

And then suddenly,  a virus mutated, and decided to jump into humans (that could really happen).

So....

It didn't happen for thousands of years...

but happened to the market next to a bio-research facility?

Yeah, when you put it that way, it sounds downright suspicious.  :headscratch:

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1 minute ago, minervadoe said:

So, did you see their picture?  It is straight out of the chapter on "When Nocturnal Animals are Shocked by an Artificial Light."  It reminds me of a deer in the headlights (but slower, much, much slower).

Pangolin_borneo.jpg

That's what you show the kiddies if you want them to stay up all night.

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I don't feel that it got unleashed on purpose.

But Trump did it!

So he could call martial law,  and cancel the elections, forever.

 

But the democrats did it!

So they could tank America,  as that's the only way that Trump could never be re-elected.

 

But China did it!

On purpose.  We're not sure where they're coming from.

 

But Russia did it!

Because "Trump!", or something.

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1 minute ago, Huaco Kid said:

I don't feel that it got unleashed on purpose.

But Trump did it!

So he could call martial law,  and cancel the elections, forever.

 

But the democrats did it!

So they could tank America,  as that's the only way that Trump could never be re-elected.

 

But China did it!

On purpose.  We're not sure where they're coming from.

 

But Russia did it!

Because "Trump!", or something.

Now you've figured it out!  Meanwhile the politicians are figuring out how to line their pockets with this windfall.

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54 minutes ago, minervadoe said:

So, did you see their picture?  It is straight out of the chapter on "When Nocturnal Animals are Shocked by an Artificial Light." 

"When Armored Nocturnal Animals Decide To Hump A Way-To-Spikey Tree,  Because They Can."

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9 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said:

"When Armored Nocturnal Animals Decide To Hump A Way-To-Spikey Tree,  Because They Can."

Once I saw this, I asked, 'is it piggy back or pangolin back'.

Disclaimer: I can not guarantee that the pangolins in this thread were not blinded by high intensity, bright lights during the filming of this ....

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16 minutes ago, minervadoe said:

Disclaimer: I can not guarantee that the pangolins in this thread were not blinded by high intensity, bright lights during the filming of this ....

Yeah.  Way to go National Geographic.  Now her, and her baby, will go hungry tonight,  because they can't, blindedly, find grubs.  Or donuts.  We don't know what they eat.  No ticks, for them!

I think, from that picture, if I made tea from their scales, it would taste like metal.  And get me higher than a kite.

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1 hour ago, janice6 said:

Now you've figured it out!  Meanwhile the politicians are figuring out how to line their pockets with this windfall.

Apparently some politicians were too eager/dumb to wait and did some stock selling based on insider knowledge of what was on the horizon. 

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1 minute ago, railfancwb said:

Apparently some politicians were too eager/dumb to wait and did some stock selling based on insider knowledge of what was on the horizon. 

Yeah, I don't understand the people that panic on the price of the day, when I bet on the recovery!

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58 minutes ago, Huaco Kid said:

You can duct -tape a lot of M-80s to them,  but if any pieces land at the bottom of the ocean,  they'll all just grow into a new ones.

God help Tokyo.

Again, you have attained complete clarity of thought.  Damn good joke, too.

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