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[โ€“] nialv7@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Would dinosaurs even get prion disease? I think birds don't.

[โ€“] notthebees@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago

Anything with proteins can get prion disease. Since they're reptiles and their genome is a lot older than ours, there's a pretty good chance something that affects us might not affect them in terms of proteins. I don't think birds get prion diseases bc it hasn't been really well studied yet.