Monkey Pox is a virus that is spread by prairie dogs... lol. Aparantly someone thought that instead of killing the little suckers, they should capture them and make pets of them. This is what happens when you take a wild animal that isn't meant to be domesticated and turn it into a pet. The close contact to humans (that actually was never meant to be) is what is causing all of these strange viruses to appear...

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