Yep, I got me some prairie dogs, 'n I'm a headin' for the swap meet!

[Boyo_Jim]

Monkeypox is apparently spreading through prairie dogs.In this story about the sudden outbreak of monkeypox appears the interesting note:

In addition some of the animals may have changed hands during a swap meet in Wisconsin, where most of the cases of illness have been reported.

What’s a prairie dog worth in barter?

And these particular PDs are stone killers. Well, they would be if this were a really dangerous disease. About thirty-something prairie dogs, and thirty-something human infections. So the little bastards are really on a rampage. OR, prairie dog owners as a group share a level of intimacy with their pets way beyond something I care to discuss!

[Gatopescado]

Don’t get yer exotic pets at the swap meet! How many more times we gotta tells ya?

Actually, I hear the store where they originated has a fairly good reputation. WTF?

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Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore.

[Marine_One]

“Great green gobs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
mutilated monkey meat,
little bitty birdy feet…”

gophers = Prairie dogs
monkey = monkey
birdy = West Nile virus (well, ok, mosquitos)

How long have we ignored the prophesy in this song? It appears the End Time has come!
A plague has descended upon us! Giant prairie dogs with 6 inch fangs! What if they breed with monkeys? Or birdys? We’ll have flying monkeys!

What’s next? Mad Monkey Disease?

Why has God forsaken us???

We’re DOOMED!

[Doomtrain]

Nostradamus wrote that, Marine, I saw it on “Unsolved Mysteries”. Doom!

[dave316]

i seen them in a pet store here.They wanted $400 dollars for it and it was a small one about the size of a squirrel

[whistlepig]

*Originally posted by dave316 *
**i seen them in a pet store here.They wanted $400 dollars for it and it was a small one about the size of a squirrel **

$400 for a prairie dog?! Round here, they are priced at about three cents.

(The cost of a 22 shell).

[Archergal]

I saw this story on the monkeypox. And I thought "Who in the world has prairie dogs as pets, and those who do sell them at swap meets?!?

Wowie kazowee. All these things I never knew…

[Duke_of_Rat]

They also carry bubonic plague.

They get vacuum trucks and suck the prairie dogs out of the ground. There was much to do about this stuff not long ago…they were selling them to buyers in Japan for $750.

Go figger.

[justwannano]

I don’t know about the vacuum trucks but the Bubonic plague part of Rats post
is real.

[Duke_of_Rat]

Rest assured the rest of it is real as well.

Perhaps a few Cites are in order to establish my credibility on the matter.

Another quote from this Site

Relocating prairie dogs is a complex endeavor. There’s the flushing technique, in which rescuers pour soapy water into prairie dog holes; when the animals emerge, they’re scooped up by activists who wash the irritating but biodegradable soap out of the animals’ eyes before putting them into cages to be transported to their new homes. There’s the old-fashioned live-trapping technique, in which rescuers set bait for the animals; after a prairie dog is safely inside his cage, a trap door shuts. Then there’s the vacuuming technique, in which prairie dogs are sucked out of their holes by an industrial-strength vacuum (the same equipment used to clean out sewers and city pipes) and deposited into cages.