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Mongabay (mongabay@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 00:46:22 JST Mongabay

The world is currently seeing the fastest-spreading, largest-ever outbreak of H5N1, a highly contagious, deadly strain of avian influenza. Scientists say this virus now presents an existential threat to the world’s biodiversity, with the risk to humans rising as it continues to leap the species barrier, reaching new host species.
By Sharon Guynup
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/animal-apocalypse-deadly-bird-flu-infects-hundreds-of-species-pole-to-pole/
#News #Environment #Conservation #Wildlife #Animals #Health
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1. Animal apocalypse: Deadly bird flu infects hundreds of species pole-to-pole
  
  from Glenn Scherer
  
  Brown skuas and south polar skuas, two gull-like species that nest in Antarctica, are sometimes called the “pirates of the Southern seas.” These migratory seabirds are fierce, competitive predators that hunt or scavenge anything, from eggs and adult birds to seafood, mammals or garbage. “They’re really tough animals — and they’re dying,” says Antonio Quesada, […]

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