Comments on: Reference Question of the Week – 5/23/10 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1620 Brian Herzog Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:02:17 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1620 @ellie: that’s a good idea, but I got the feeling he was looking for a real animal.

@Mike: When I searched online for herpes in the sea, I saw lots of references to sea creatures dying from the human disease. I do think he was looking for an animal and just had the name wrong, but the pictures I saw of the coral and turtles and other infected animals were very sad.

]]> By: Mikelibrarian http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1619 Mikelibrarian Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:43:26 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1619 One of the factors endangering corals are herpes virus caught from human divers.

May be verified in The Week Magazine. July 13, 2007

]]> By: ellie http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1618 ellie Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:54:06 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1618 How about harpies but he meant sirens? (Greek mythology)

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1617 Brian Herzog Mon, 31 May 2010 11:57:16 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1617 @somcak: I wondered if he meant sea creatures getting the disease, but from the context of the question and his comments, I didn’t think so.

@willpie: that was the word I was looking for – it might have been it. But then again, it might just as well have been @Sarah’s anemone.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1616 Sarah Sun, 30 May 2010 18:51:19 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1616 Hm, could he have meant “anemone” perhaps?

]]> By: judy http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1615 judy Sun, 30 May 2010 13:36:02 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1615 There was a piece on NPR’s “On the Media” this weekend which described a researcher looking into privacy problems with Facebook by searching the word “herpes”.

]]> By: willpie http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1614 willpie Sun, 30 May 2010 13:01:45 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1614 Folks who study amphibians are called herpetologists. I’ve never heard ‘herpes’ used to mean amphibians, but I have to wonder if that’s what he meant.

]]> By: Krista http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1613 Krista Sat, 29 May 2010 20:03:20 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1613 Don’t you just love words with multiple meanings?

]]> By: somcak http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/05/29/reference-question-of-the-week-52310/#comment-1612 somcak Sat, 29 May 2010 19:53:57 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1037#comment-1612 Interesting. For future “herpes” reference, there are various strains for different critters. My cats have FHV (Feline Herpes Virus), and I know there is also an equine and canine strain, so it’s possible he was looking to see if there was a strain in aquatic animals.

My go to source for vet medicine is http://www.peteducation.com/ from Drs. Foster and Smith. All of the article are written by veterinarians, so it is a reputable source.

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