From "Can cats spread avian flu?", Nature, Vol 440, 9 March 2006:
Peter Roeder, a consultant for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, says (Indonesian) locals have an onomatopoeic name for bird flu "that sounds like 'plop', the sound of a chicken hitting the ground when it falls out of a tree. They also have a name for the cat form of avian flu -- 'aaargh plop' -- because cats make a screaming noise before they fall out of the tree."
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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