At this moment I couldn't be more proud of being a St. Louisan. We have been first in STDs for quite some time, but I was disappointed that it was limited to one species. No longer. At least two of the elephants have contracted herpes.
Now I have not actually seen an elephantine cold sore, but as the largest land mammal I am sure that they are impressive.
Of course the first step in prevention is education. I am sure that the zoo keepers have been showing Power Point presentation with overly disgusting photos of untreated and rampant festering sores. There are probably uncomfortable questions from the younger elephants.
"If I just give him some trunk, can I catch it?"
"I'm dating a giraffe that hasn't had syptoms in two years. Is she still contagious?"
"Do Trojans come in extra, extra, extra, extra large?"
I just pray that the next step is not pachyderm pap smears.
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