Comment by atomicnumber3
2 days ago
When you say it's easy to get from prairie dogs, how exactly does that happen? Is it like, you're camping, and a prairie dog gets into your tent? How exactly does that people get exposed to a prairie dog?
2 days ago
When you say it's easy to get from prairie dogs, how exactly does that happen? Is it like, you're camping, and a prairie dog gets into your tent? How exactly does that people get exposed to a prairie dog?
It's not the prairie dogs themselves, but the fleas on the dogs. The carriers for the plague are fleas.
Yes, but every case I've heard of involved direct contact with the prairie dog. I can't imagine the fleas are that mobile without them.
It’s pretty easy to get close to prairie dogs over time. They will eventually learn you’re not a threat, and tell the others.
So you’re going on a walk one day, they seem friendly, people like handling cute animals… bada big bada boom
It's usually people whose job (or I guess hobby) involves managing prairie dogs. It's not usually ordinary civilians.