1/5/06

I think people are watching too many Disney and cute animal movies. In Johannesburg, a woman tried to push a seal back into the ocean. The woman, thinking the seal was stranded, ended up getting bit on the nose. Also in Johannesburg, a mugger decided a good hiding place was in the cage of a pair of tigers. He mugged a couple then ran to a nearby zoo. Surely he'd be safe with the tigers, right? Wrong! He ended up being mauled....to death. Animals have their own rules, doesn't anyone watch the Animal Planet?

And it turns out that Napoleon's army was finished off by guns, knives, frostbite, or anything else you may think killed them. The army was killed by human lice. The remains of Bonaparte's soldiers are buried in the capital of Lithuania and scientists examined the remains and found that more than 30% of the soldiers succumbed to a bacterial fever caused by human body lice. Creepy Crawlies indeed!!! The research can be found in the January issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

paul