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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (278174)	3/5/2006 12:52:42 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575767

RE:"On an oil tanker. That's one possibility; another is they flew. You do know that birds fly, don't you?" The oil tanker is feasible. Following a tanker or cargo ship is feasible. Your "birds fly" comment was just smart a$$. Not true. There are cases reported in Canada. Flying specifically to the islands in the Bahamas that have flamingos when the closest case is in Niger or Italy would seem a stretch. Then again, the bird flu may have have been in that population of flamingos for some time, is possible. Maybe they just never tested for it. Actually, they think the flamingoes died of trauma. However, I must point out there are migrating ducks on the islands so it wouldn't be farfetched for the flu to fly into the Bahamas. In Canada they are worried that small ducks and duck eggs imported from France may be infected. And we don't know what wild birds are carrying the flu. Migrating birds regularly cross over from Russia into Alaska and Canada......so the flu may already be in North America. And I wasn't joking about the oil tankers either. "``Reports on the island indicate that some hunting is taking place for migratory ducks in the area where the carcasses were found,'' the statement said. ``There were no new reports of mortality or illness in either wild or domesticated birds on Inagua.''" sun-sentinel.com