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10-01-2008, 12:38 PM

PAFirefighter11

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Kissing Bug (Worse than Stink Bug!)

Since we're talking bugs....

These little bastid's have been seen around the area too. They originate in South America / Japan. I killed one yesterday. Unlike the stink bugs, these things can infect you with a bad disease.

"This parasitic infection usually is transmitted through the bite of the kissing bug (also known as the reduviid bug and the triatomine bug). The insect lives in cracks and holes in poor housing, where it bites people, often on the face, while they sleep. Occasionally, Chagas' is transmitted through blood transfusions, organ transplants and from mother to child at birth."

Story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/health/12docs.html

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Originally Posted by Bane

wow some of you jeep guys party hard

Last edited by PAFirefighter11; 10-01-2008 at 12:40 PM.

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