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    6 months ago

    This is probably the same strain that wiped out almost all of the seal and sea lion pups last year.
    Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it — AP News

    I did not realize there’s been a bird flu epidemic since 2020. I wish I were quicker to characterize my thoughts - it’s interesting that the animal kingdom has faced their own pandemic while humans had one, too. My thoughts range from solemn concerns to silly ‘Mother Earth decided to press the reset button’ jokes. I hope it mutates to be gentler, in the way that COVID has.