In very rare cases it is possible for humans to contract the disease pasteurellosis. Pasteurellosis is highly contagious among rabbits.
Researchers have discovered that large numbers of North American cats carry antibodies for the disease (meaning that the cats have been infected at some point in their lives).
Protists are single-celled eukaryotes.
Cannibalism is the act of eating your own kind. Cannibalism is widespread among animals because there are often food shortages.
It is also spread by germs. But orignally this disease can be spread by the cells throughtout the body.
It is misguided to try to find our eukaryotic ancestor among modern-day protists because the Protists living today have been through a process of evolution just as extensive as the one that produced every other living organism.
No, "widespread" is an adjective that describes something that is happening or found over a large area or among many people.
Protists are eukaryotes that do not belong to plant, animal or fungi species. The way in which protists are related to other eukaryotes stems from the fact that among the current protists include groups whose ancestors were the reason why plants, animals and fungi exist today.
There's Giardia and Amoeba, among others.
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Kuru reached epidemic proportions among tribal members in the 1950s. Since the practice of cannibalism was halted, the disease has essentially disappeared. Zero to 10 cases of kuru are diagnosed each year.
The city of Ember is an underground city built to protect humans from an unknown disaster, with a failing power supply causing widespread fear and uncertainty among its residents.