By MARK HAYNES, Salt Lake Tribune

Threatened desert tortoises succumbing to flu in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY - Even desert tortoises get the flu.

A growing number of the animals in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in St. George, Utah have contracted what is believed to be a bacteria that produces symptoms similar to the malady as it appears in humans, including runny noses.

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