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The problem is that first you said it was a very long stretch that CWD could jump the species barrier and you made it seem like the test was impractical because the macque monkeys ate 25 percent of their body weight in infected brains. You left out the whole part about, you know, contracting the disease from EATING JUST THE MEAT, which is what people care about. The reality is that it’s no stretch at all considering that all they did was consume a large quantity of meat over time which is what most people do when they kill a deer.

I’m not sure how they came to the seven ounce per day calculation but that’s what the news articles cite. I’m sure you’ll be able to see their methodology when they publish the final study. In any event, using your figures would be the equivalent of a 200 lb man eating a 10 ounce steak every week for three years unless you really believe they fed 5 kg at a time to a 7.7 kg monkey repeatedly. John Candy could barely handle the ole 96er so I doubt a man-size maque monkey could do The ole 2000er. (125lbs x 16 ounces) Maybe i’m Wrong there but you have a look. https://youtu.be/gc_5tx7xRlg