Koalas got the clap

[Batman]

The cute little furry marsupials are getting freaky -- and possibly going extinct because of it. An outbreak of chlamydia is dwindling their numbers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/6537179/Koalas-extinct-within-30-years-after-chlamydia-outbreak.html

 

[dooley_womack1]

Something for Koalas to hate other than Qantas

 

[dixiehack]

Gives a whole new meaning to Quickie Koala.

 

[holy bull]

Thought this was about some obscure punk band

 

[beardpuller]

Something for Koalas to hate other than Qantas

Damn, I come on the thread to make the Qantas joke, from a nearly 40-year-old commercial, and you beat me to it. That's really ... kinda disturbing!

 

[Brian]

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2077431,00.html

Is there a reason Time refers to marsupials as bears?

 

[dooley_womack1]

Something for Koalas to hate other than Qantas

Damn, I come on the thread to make the Qantas joke, from a nearly 40-year-old commercial, and you beat me to it. That's really ... kinda disturbing!

Yeah, disturbing how old we are, if nothing else.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

"That's good advice!"

 

[slappy4428]

reading the thread title, all I can think of is "Cop's gotta hat. I wanna hat too."

 

[Buck]

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2077431,00.html

Is there a reason Time refers to marsupials as bears?

Because they we commonly called 'koala bears' for a long time, and the story is just a translation from LeMonde, which might still me using the old name.

 

[Bubbler]

This is what the GOP gets for ****ing with Planned Parenthood.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

"That's good advice!"

Jimmy Dugan concurs.