Oyster Herpes

Latest Symptom of Global Warming?: "New strain can kill 80 percent of an oyster bed in a week, experts say."

Plague in prairie dog towns

Carnivorous mice spread deadly plague: "Grasshopper mice have no respect for prairie dog territories,' Jones said. 'They're nasty little beasties, and when they eat the carcass of a prairie dog that's died of plague, the fleas climb aboard the mice. The mice then schlep the fleas around to different territories, connecting family groups that otherwise wouldn't be in contact."