Topics: News, World, Anthropology, Archaeology, Doug Preston, Honduras, Leishmaniasis, Parasitic Infections, Theodore Morde

42 Comments Sort by Top Add a comment... Harvey Bushell Notes to self: - Remove La Mosquitia from list of possible vacation destinations. - Return new helper monkey. Like · Reply · 168 · Jan 13, 2017 4:16am MJ Karlsson · Calgary, Alberta That just might be one of the most priceless comments I have had the pleasure to stumble across. Thank you for that Harvey. I am still giggling at the latter point. Like · Reply · 16 · Jan 13, 2017 6:22am Anthony George I bought a flying monkey as a helper. It cost me $1.50 more than the regular monkeys. It would fly around my house hucking monkey poo at me. It wasn't real helpful, so I too got rid of it. Like · Reply · 11 · Jan 13, 2017 1:53pm Sheena Cooper · Ambassador at RENEW Scratch this one off the bucket list! Like · Reply · 3 · Jan 14, 2017 5:49am Show 2 more replies in this thread Steve Gagnon · University of Ottawa I got suspicious when I read that Leishmaniasis was "rare" since it is a common tropical parasitic infection, and easily treated. Check the CDC site. The symptoms don't include "losing your face". This is a great National Enquirer story, I am not sure why it is on National Post. Like · Reply · 11 · Jan 13, 2017 9:08pm George Adair · Owner / Inspector at Rampart Inspections Because it very well could be distraction news you know like...........SQUIRREL! Like · Reply · 11 · Jan 13, 2017 11:28pm Jeremy Chapman · Marketing Director at Playmates Toys, Inc. You should check the WHO website too... Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis leads to partial or total destruction of mucous membranes of the nose, mouth and throat. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common form of leishmaniasis and causes skin lesions, mainly ulcers, on exposed parts of the body, leaving life-long scars and serious disability. Remember that the CDC is US (i.e. rich people) focused, who get actual treatment. Like · Reply · 13 · Jan 14, 2017 3:56am Brian Driscoll · Kelowna, British Columbia Not so easily treated. If you're lucky, you'll be cured without disfiguration (or worse), though treatment is often a trial-and-error process via several differing modalities. Up to 50,000 people die of it every year, according to Wiki. Like · Reply · 4 · Jan 15, 2017 1:32am Show 3 more replies in this thread Walter Litvin Something to think about. When the ice melts at both of the poles we will probably we introduced to bacteria and viruses that have laid dormant for eons and will soon ravage the planet. That's what worries me because we don't have an immune system to combat these possibly new threats. Like · Reply · 8 · Jan 13, 2017 12:36pm Ariel Tay · Assistant Relocation Consultant at Sterling Singapore Sounds like the iTV drama Fortitude... Like · Reply · 2 · Jan 13, 2017 12:57pm Cassidy Vermeeren · Cambridge, Ontario Which could be a very good thing by deminishing human population to numbers more self-sufficient and have less of an impact on the world around them. Like · Reply · 2 · Jan 13, 2017 5:31pm Adam Docherty · São Paulo, Brazil Cassidy Vermeeren - starting with you and your family, right? Like · Reply · 15 · Jan 15, 2017 10:18am · Edited Show 8 more replies in this thread Candida Woodruff · Vaughan Road Collegiate This tempering with buried ancient cities of dome, could bring on disease to other parts of the world since people, who can afford it and are bored with the usual travelled destinations, will travel to these unusual and new discovered sites and bring these diseases back with them and the diseases will spread. Oh No, always something new to burden mankind with. Like · Reply · 9 · Jan 13, 2017 5:16am Navita Ryan · University of Waterloo Haha ooh noo! Like · Reply · 1 · Jan 13, 2017 8:14am Jack Petriconé · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I don't think anyone who read this article --- (particularly this passage: "Preston knows there are more secrets held within the White City’s ruins but after nearly losing his face, he doubts that it’s possible to go back and continue the excavation. “It’s just too dangerous,” he said. “And just getting in and out is dangerous.”) ---Thought to themselves, "That sounds like a wonderful place to go on holiday!" Like · Reply · 8 · Jan 13, 2017 9:01am Ian Monteith · University of Saskatchewan Unlikely the sand fleas would survive a Canadian winter. Like · Reply · 9 · Jan 13, 2017 11:16am Show 4 more replies in this thread Brian Driscoll · Kelowna, British Columbia After nearly losing his face, it is likely not so dangerous for Preston to return to the Monkey City. Surviving a bout of cutaneous leishmaniasis leaves him immune to reinfection. I wouldn't want to accompany him, however. Like · Reply · 4 · Jan 15, 2017 1:29am Alex Harris · Victoria, British Columbia Hahaha!^^^ priceless!!!! Like · Reply · Jan 15, 2017 6:07pm Alex Harris · Victoria, British Columbia Hahaha!^^^ priceless!!!! Like · Reply · Jan 15, 2017 6:07pm Shawna Kinman Yes, if he's lost most of his face, what does he have to lose now? lol He really should go back for the sake of humanity! Would it kill' em? Like · Reply · Jan 16, 2017 5:04am Load 10 more comments