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<p>Hipponias: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2523<br /> | date = October 1, 2021<br /> | title = Endangered<br /> | image = endangered.png<br /> | titletext = The list includes polio, Guinea worm, and this one particular enterovirus strain that they've been tracking out of spite after it went around the lab a few years ago.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a HEARTBLEED BUG - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> [[Ponytail]], [[Cueball]], and [[Megan]] in this comic are scientists who are sarcastically worried about pathogen strains becoming extinct. People in general want harmful pathogens to go extinct {{citation needed}}.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Ponytail stands facing ponytail and Megan in front of a poster board.]<br /> :[Ponytail is pointing a stick to the board reading &quot;Current List&quot; with bullet points beneath.]<br /> :[The first bullet reads Influenza B/Yamagata.]<br /> :Ponytail: Influenza's genetic diversity has declined druing the pandemic, and the B/Yamagata lineage is at risk of extinction.<br /> :Ponytail: Which would be SUCH a shame.<br /> :Megan: Yeah, I'm soooooooooooooo worried about it.<br /> :Cueball: We'd be just heartbroken!<br /> :Text Beneath: When a pathogen that scientists really don't like is close to disappearing, it gets added to the sarcastic endangered species list.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

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