The current outbreak of bird flu continues to cause catastrophes and the end of this ecological disaster appears to be nowhere in sight. The mass death of southern elephant seal pups is yet another example. More than 17,000 southern elephant seals born in Argentina last year have now died from bird flu. What scientists find particularly disturbing about this is that mammals now also seem to be able to infect each other. “The sight of elephant seals lying dead or dying on beaches can only be described as apocalyptic”
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Are mammals now also infecting each other with bird flu? Virus causes mass death in elephant seals: “9 in 10 young have died”
