How Koalas With an S.T.D. Could Help Humanity – The New York Times

Humans don t have a monopoly on sexually transmitted infections. Oysters get herpes, rabbits get syphilis, dolphins get genital warts. But chlamydia a pared-down, single-celled bacterium that acts like a virus has been especially successful, infecting everything from frogs to fish to parakeets. You might say chlamydia connects us all.

via www.nytimes.com

I can’t really add to that sentiment.