(From left) Liam Payne and Harry Styles with Kat the koala (© Rex Features)

One Direction stars may have gotten chlamydia from a koala

4/22/2012

Liam Payne and Harry Styles may have gotten chlamydia in the least rock-star way possible: by cuddling Koala bears at a sanctuary in Brisbane. Liam Payne said, "I'm genuinely scared. This is worrying. I'd have never picked the thing up if I'd known." You'd never guess it from their cute faces and clingy paws, but 80% of koala bears carry chlamydia, and when the little marsupial Liam and Harry held flooded them with urine, handlers told the boys she just might have given them the serious, usually sexually-transmitted, disease. While it's quite rare for humans to contract chlamydia from koalas, we're guessing a lapful of urine probably doesn't help your chances.

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