fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoScientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped deadwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareRagnarokOnline@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoIn short: a local bacteria caused blood poisoning. A large herd of antelope died of a similar cause shortly before this group of elephants succumbed to the sickness as well.
minus-squaresj_zero@lotide.fbxl.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOnly tangentially related to the story, but people should learn what sepsis looks like because it’s quite a common killer of humans. Relatively benign bacteria can become deadly killers through a mud puddle or a bad cut in your mouth.
minus-squareGlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoit caused the death of my favorite singer-songwriter r.i.p. Ritsuko Okazaki
In short: a local bacteria caused blood poisoning.
A large herd of antelope died of a similar cause shortly before this group of elephants succumbed to the sickness as well.
Only tangentially related to the story, but people should learn what sepsis looks like because it’s quite a common killer of humans.
Relatively benign bacteria can become deadly killers through a mud puddle or a bad cut in your mouth.
it caused the death of my favorite singer-songwriter
r.i.p. Ritsuko Okazaki