While ducks may like to get it on pretty wildly, I have not yet seen or read about a case where a male or female duck (yes, animals only have two genders, shocking right) has gotten an STD as a result. But apparently, a LOT of koalas in Australia seem to be infected with a strain of chlamydia that places them in a lot of pain and ultimately death.
So what the fuck are these kinky marsupials doing on that island??
You may have been thinking “Oh Mr. Jackman, please keep it in your pants!” But Dr. Windu over here had to take some time and do some research. As it turns out, the koalas are affected by a strain that’s different than the one that strikes just about everyone after a wild night in Las Vegas. Unlike humans, chlamydia within animals does not require any sort of sexual intercourse or transmission between the two parties
The different strain causes the koalas to develop blindness, infertility, and an infection known as “dirty tail”. Dirty tail causes them severe pain by expanding the urinary tract and inflaming it. Unfortunately, this causes death in many of them.
The problem is that chlamydia itself is an extremely old pathogen, and is available within many animals, including the koala, and thus that makes it extremely easy to spread. And it does not discriminate between male or female, young or old.
There are antibiotics to treat them but for many it is too late.
Unlike our previous articles, this one may not have been so funny, but was still enlightening.
Source article that I most definitely did not paraphrase from is available here.
Stay curious my friends.