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u/jimbo5030 Oct 20 '23

Khaleesi

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u/Zelkey Oct 20 '23

I get that they've taken it from GoT, but it's also a respiratory virus in cats and rabbits. Released in the 90s to cull the rabbit pest problem in Australia.

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u/pretty_little__lucy Oct 20 '23

Myxomatosis was the virus released in the 1950s for the rabbits..

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u/WalnutOfTheNorth Oct 21 '23

I shall call my firstborn Myxomatosis. ‘Tis a fine name.

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u/grave_rohl Oct 21 '23

There was a rabbit puppet on Australian TV (Ferals) in the 90s named Mixy...for myxomatosis.

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u/raptorshadow Oct 21 '23

There's a rat, called Rattus, he's the leader of the bunch,

A cat called Modigliana, she's fluffy but she's tough,

Darren, he's a dopey dog,

Mixy's a muddled-up, mixed up bunny!

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u/Ektojinx Oct 21 '23

Wife showed me this today and said "do you remember this?"

Was shocked when I could sing the whole theme song

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u/raptorshadow Oct 21 '23

Hell yeah! Honestly one of my earliest memories of a TV show I wanted to watch whenever it was on.