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Why are chimpanzees catching SIV from other monkey prey they eat?

Reddit Animals

question is maybe a bit to broad, but what i want to know is, why would an animal species continually consume something unhealthy? Hyenas eat anything, but their digestive system lets them, whereas chimpanzees ultimately, purposely ate meat that let to disease. What are your comments on this?

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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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Dr Scott Roberton, head of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that hunting wild animals for meat and trafficking had been happening in many countries, especially developing ones. Among them, stag and wild boar accounted for around 70 per cent of the consumed meat, followed by turtle, snake, fox and porcupine.

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Wildlife Rescued in Trinidad and Tobago

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Three corrupt police officers in Trinidad and Tobago robbed a couple of Venezuelan wildlife smugglers and were subsequently arrested themselves. Over 1,000 animals were rescued, including 500 bull finches and 300 picoplats, The rescued wildlife also included monkeys, parrots, macaws and other species from Venezuela.

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