On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:20:50 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

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>"David Dyer-Bennet" > wrote in message
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>> Cheryl > writes:
>>
>>> I often wonder why salmonella is associated with chicken and eggs so
>>> much when it's also associated with reptiles.
>>
>> Birds are dinosaurs, so what's surprising about it?
>> --
>> David Dyer-Bennet, ; http://dd-b.net/
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>
>Birds are allegedly decended from dinosaurs. And I can believe that. But
>then again, how many people eat reptiles or reptile eggs? I have geckos
>running around in my yard, and anole lizards. I don't eat them and I
>certainly don't hunt down their nests looking for eggs.

You don't need to eat reptiles to transfer the salmonella to your
system. We were warned at the pet shop about how turtles make
terrible pets for toddlers because their hands go from turtle to baby
mouth in a flash.

Jim