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Migratory birds spread avian influenza to Greenland’s polar bears (news.cornell.edu)
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[–] arotrios@kbin.earth 1 points 2 days ago

Great. Plague bears. Didn't have that on the 2026 bingo card....

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 points 3 days ago

Australia is (has?) pulling all research scientists off Macquarie Island due to worries about the potential stress of thousands of seals dying en-mass:

But once it arrives, up to 90 percent of baby elephant seals could perish, as happened on Heard Island over summer, when 13,000 pups died from bird flu.

https://no.lastname.nz/post/3705660

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Not like we’re leaving them much habitat to live on anyway.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I fear this flu season will be horrible for people too. Poor bears :(