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So now in addition to back pain, we can worry about STDs. CNN reports:

Neisseria meningitidis is a contagious bacterial infection.
More commonly, it's gaining a reputation as a cause of urogenital infections. (One remarkable study from the 1970s described how a male chimpanzee contracted a urethral infection after passing the bacteria from its nose and throat to its own penis through auto-fellatio. "This animal frequently engages in self oral-genital contact," the authors duly noted.)