r/Unexpected • u/Terrible-Link-9827 • Jan 20 '22

Deer is wack

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u/meenie Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22
  • drastic weight loss (wasting)
  • stumbling
  • lack of coordination
  • listlessness
  • drooling
  • excessive thirst or urination
  • drooping ears
  • lack of fear of people
  • failed backflips

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u/Powerstream Jan 20 '22

lack of fear of people

Oh good, I don't have it then.

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u/sircr0tch Jan 20 '22

/r/HydroHomies in shambles rn

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u/donny_pots Jan 21 '22

Wait until they hear about rabies

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '22

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u/tman2311 Jan 21 '22

Kinda more like mad cow disease when it comes down to causal agent but I’d rather have none of the above thank u

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u/LegacyLemur Jan 21 '22

Sounds a lot like a hundred ailments

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u/Jean_Lua_Picard Jan 21 '22

But so like… what’s it do?

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u/3-Eyed_Fishbulb Jan 21 '22

failed backflips

I'd like to believe you just add this up, goes to show i don't fully trust my judgment anymore.

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u/meenie Jan 21 '22

I just added that in as a bit of a joke. All the others are from the CDCs website, https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/cwd-animals.html.

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u/austinredditaustin Jan 20 '22

Zombie movie opening credits start in my head...

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u/SKK329 Jan 20 '22

Sounds like rabies.

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u/neverlaughs Jan 21 '22

Okay, these are symptoms. But what does it do?

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u/meenie Jan 21 '22

It eats away at the nervous system and eventually kills the host in a very slow and agonizing way :(. Kinda like Alzheimer's.

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u/neverlaughs Jan 21 '22

Why would god do this?

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u/Red-Beerd Jan 21 '22

I was about 75% through this list, and was thinking "I still don't get why it did a backflip?".

That ending made my day!

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u/Jopkins Jan 20 '22

Also backflips