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USDA tracking bird flu spillover events in mammals

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Mountain lions, bottlenose dolphins, and striped skunks are among a long list of wild animals infected during the largest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in U.S.

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Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone! Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

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Animals (mammals) who drink after eating?

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I'm wondering if there are any mammals other than the man who drink after eating. So, it's a good behavior for mammals to drink water after a meal or not? Thanks submitted by /u/Honest-Word-7890 [link] [comments]

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

Ahead of the first trip, I wasn’t thinking much about mammals, and yet, you cannot miss them, from Nilgais near villages to Indian Flying Foxes in town centres, not to mention those ubiquitous and irresistibly cute Palm Squirrels eating seeds left for parakeets. I clearly needed a mammal book.

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Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post!

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In Australia we have two egg-laying mammals. It could be a bird, lizard or a mammal! As most of you know, we do have some incredible birds in Australia as well as mammals. As if this mammal was not odd enough with its spines and being an egg-laying mammal it also has a four-headed appendage.

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How do hairless mammals like elephants and rhinos with cold?

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While these animals live in places with hot temperatures, it definitely gets incredibly cold in winter and at night. With no layer of fur, how do they manage? Do they not feel uncomfortable like we do? submitted by /u/mrmulticultural99 [link] [comments]

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air.