On 03/19/2013 02:09 AM, Bjørn Steensrud wrote:
> W. Baker wrote:
>
>
>> There were tribes in New Guinea that ate the brains of their ancestors
>> when they died and it led to unexplained sicknesses until it was found
>> that some diseases were being past on(like Mad COw)
>
> Kuru. A prion disease just like Mad Cow.
>
> (T-shirt from Montana: "At least our cows are sane." :-)
>
>> there have been cannibals too.
>

It is pretty easy to tell if a cow has Mad Cow disease. Here
is a short video on how:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gi5IEjeH6E

:-)

-T