2007-05-23 16:32:55 · 9 answers · asked by I <3 my boys 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
because it's currently a big problem in Colorado, where a number of squirrels and zoo animals have come down with it.
Bubonic, also called "The Plague", "The Black Plague" or "The Black Death" is not as uncommon and 1800's as people often think, and there are cases reported every year, especially in Colorado. It just doesn't often affect people these days, and the outbreaks this year have been in larger numbers.
2007-05-23 16:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by whiskeyman510 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bubonic plague is still around. It is commonly carried by fleas on ground squirrels and prairie dogs in New Mexico. Don't play with rodents.
2007-05-24 11:18:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some monkeys in a zoo in the US were found to have died of the Bubonic plague, so all of the primates in the zoo were quarantined to prevent further outbreaks.
2007-05-23 23:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by Neil S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Al Qaeda has been busy researching on the Internet
2007-05-23 23:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sometimes I think they just through in a odd item for people to search.
2007-05-24 00:19:15 · answer #5 · answered by srstephens 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why. Must have been something about it in the news to get everyone's curiosity up.
2007-05-23 23:40:45 · answer #6 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
immigration i bet, it's actually always been in small varmints in the southwest near the border. but modern anti biotics can treat it if it's seen in people.
2007-05-24 00:23:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH No! It's back. We're all gonna Die!
2007-05-23 23:45:17 · answer #8 · answered by capekicks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is what my husband asked me.
2007-05-23 23:50:24 · answer #9 · answered by fatboycool 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋