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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Sadly the only way to know for sure is to test brain tissue, including in people, so there's no way to be certain without killing the potentially infected animal/person.

There are a bunch of tests they can do for people that can potentially identify rabies (lumbar puncture, CT and MRI scans, skin biopsy, antibody test) but apparently it can still be easily missed even with all of these tests so they aren't enough for an accurate diagnoses.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Unfortunately quarantine and observation isn't effective as a testing strategy for animals, the disease can progress at different rates and it's possible for infected animals to show no symptoms. As rabies can't be treated after symptoms start showing, they can't take the time to do this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

It's important for their mental enrichment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I've got this on a sticker on my laptop so you definately can get it from red bubble

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

A little glass vial.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Do you know what's nuts? He's well respected within the industry as an editor - he's worked with many of the luminaries of science fiction and fantasy over the years as the editor for Wild Cards and other short story collections.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

The main change was the chapter" riddles in the dark" - in the original printing Gollum willingly handed the ring over when Bilbo won the riddle contest. He did attempt other changes but these were rejected as they changed the tone of the book to much. He did make some later edits post Lord of the Rings due to the US copywrite expiring but these mostly changed minor lore details to bring it in line with the silmarillion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're still making videos on YouTube at least once a year too! One of the two brother chaps who created it went on to work on the animated show Gravity Falls too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Yes I saw, I am suitably shamed :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Completely missed this extra layer, today I am the simp.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

He's simping for dredd - an explicit satire of authoritarianism and police brutality

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's from the D20 Star Wars RPG, they weren't the most accurate to the cannon even at the time. An interesting historical point is that the earlier West End Games star wars RPG fleshed out a lot of the expanded universe that we know and love and were used as reference material for the expanded universe novels.

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