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Environment
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 days ago

Avian flu decimates the world's largest population of elephant seals: Half of the females have disappeared

Highly pathogenic avian influenza 2.3.4.4b jumped to mammals and caused catastrophic declines, eliminating over 50,000 female southern elephant seals on South Georgia.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic

Bird flu eliminated roughly half of South Georgia's breeding southern elephant seals, threatening long-term recovery due to high pup mortality and reduced breeding females.
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