there are more wild tortoises and lizards wandering around in Africa than Germany. Salmonella bacteria travel to our climes along with the chicken feed. How so? Well, they are part of the normal gut flora of reptiles. While the African farmer is working in the fields, a tortoise might merrily be doing its business in a sack of grain destined for Germany. After an exciting flight with a wonderful view over the clouds, the grain, along with its stowaway tortoise-poop bacteria, ends up in a German poultry farm, where it is eaten by a hungry chicken.
