1.   Insects pollinate them, birds and animals carry their seeds in their guts and on their fur and feathers.

2.   In addition, the fox strain of rabies, which can be carried by animals other than foxes, is headed for Massachusetts from Canada.

3.   Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium carried by animals, can contaminate animal products like meat and milk, and it affects people with weakened immune systems.

4.   Most animals carry two.

5.   Other animals can carry E. coli as well.

6.   Since the animals carry almost no body fat, weight loss can be fatal.

7.   The further testing calls for sheep brain tissue to be injected into laboratory mice to determine what version of TSE the animals might have carried, he said.

8.   This material is dry and light and can be dislodged, letting wind or animals carry it about, with some of it coming to rest in your garden.

9.   Though animals carry a kind of sanctity and a destiny of their own, Rabbi Polan believes, they do not have souls on equal footing with humans.

10.   Today the wild animals are carrying the guns and the rest of us feel like ducks in a shooting gallery.