Post by Barry on Oct 7, 2005 13:55:48 GMT -5
I desided to move the topic from the OMB to here.
I know we can't catch colds or the ’flu from dogs and cats.
I was wondering on Dinotopia if you can catch one
from a dinosaur?
I had a dog for years before I moved and,
the dog was always in my face especially,
when your trying to sleep at night.
I've have never caught a cold or the 'flu
from him when he had it. I heard the vet say
the cold/'flu virus isn't the same as human cold/'flu
virus.
I'm just curious.
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Aric (128.171.66.179)
I don't think we can. The reason that we can catch colds from cats and dogs is because we've been together for so long that apparently, species-specific viruses can skip from cats and dogs to humans.
I don't know how long humans have been in contact with Dinosaurs in Dinotopia. However, I think that even prolonged contact wouldn't produce cross-species viruses. I think the biological differences are too great.
Of course, this is only a semi-informed opinion. You might want to bring it up at the ToP so that Vorchia can take a whack at it.
Also, I checked your site again. I like the look. However, I think it's a little too techno for the theme. I don't mean to be even more of a critic, but I think something medieval would look better.
- Aric
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Az (198.30.72.125)
How about that growing pandemic of chicken flu that's in Asia and is just aiting to come to the USA and destroy our lives? That's a flue going from chickens/birds to people. Some theories say dinosaurs were more like birds than reptiles, so maybe it would be possible to get sick from a saurian.
Remember in The Maze where the one dude got sick from a bug that bit his dinosaur friend first and then him? There's an illness going from saurian to human!
RF, SP,
Az
I know we can't catch colds or the ’flu from dogs and cats.
I was wondering on Dinotopia if you can catch one
from a dinosaur?
I had a dog for years before I moved and,
the dog was always in my face especially,
when your trying to sleep at night.
I've have never caught a cold or the 'flu
from him when he had it. I heard the vet say
the cold/'flu virus isn't the same as human cold/'flu
virus.
I'm just curious.
Replies so far…
Aric (128.171.66.179)
I don't think we can. The reason that we can catch colds from cats and dogs is because we've been together for so long that apparently, species-specific viruses can skip from cats and dogs to humans.
I don't know how long humans have been in contact with Dinosaurs in Dinotopia. However, I think that even prolonged contact wouldn't produce cross-species viruses. I think the biological differences are too great.
Of course, this is only a semi-informed opinion. You might want to bring it up at the ToP so that Vorchia can take a whack at it.
Also, I checked your site again. I like the look. However, I think it's a little too techno for the theme. I don't mean to be even more of a critic, but I think something medieval would look better.
- Aric
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Az (198.30.72.125)
How about that growing pandemic of chicken flu that's in Asia and is just aiting to come to the USA and destroy our lives? That's a flue going from chickens/birds to people. Some theories say dinosaurs were more like birds than reptiles, so maybe it would be possible to get sick from a saurian.
Remember in The Maze where the one dude got sick from a bug that bit his dinosaur friend first and then him? There's an illness going from saurian to human!
RF, SP,
Az
