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Posted Thu Jun 5 2008: from NSF, via ScienceDaily: Human Viruses Appear To Be Making Wild Chimpanzees Sick http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1212679992 After studying chimpanzees in the wilds of Tanzania's Mahale Mountains National Park for the past year as part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Virginia Tech researcher Dr. Taranjit Kaur and her team have produced powerful scientific evidence that chimpanzees are becoming sick from viral infectious diseases they have likely contracted from humans. [Read more stories about: sixth extinction] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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