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Pandas and parasitesGiant pandas, the international symbol of conservation, are one of the most lovePandas and parasitesGiant pandas, the international symbol of conservation, are one of the most lovePandas and parasitesGiant pandas, the international symbol of conservation, are one of the most lovePandas and parasitesGiant pandas, the international symbol of conservation, are one of the most love

Pandas and parasites

Giant pandas, the international symbol of conservation, are one of the most loved species in the world.

A group of parasitic round worms are one of the main causes of mortality of giant pandas in the wild, and collectively infect more than 50 animal species worldwide. 

Infection can damage the intestines and if the infection reaches the brain and eyes: will often result in death.

Dr Russ Morphew at Aberystwyth University, along with researchers at IBERS and Mr Iain Valentine RZSS Edinburgh Zoo look to identify how this deadly parasite responds to anti-parasitic drugs. More specifically, whether drug resistance is the cause of repeat infections in captive giant panda populations.

They hope that their findings will not only help to inform conservation strategies in captivity and across China’s giant panda reserves, but also that they could lead to improved control strategies to deal with infection in the future.

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Image credits: Top and bottom images: Zhou Mengqi

Middle images: Baylisascaris eggs, Steve Gschmeisnner


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Squirrel with a bread by yazirzubair

Squirrel with a bread by yazirzubair


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An Elephant Walking Alone by yazirzubair

An Elephant Walking Alone by yazirzubair


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Family toque macaque. One of the females is looking warily. by lv96ernqfe

Family toque macaque. One of the females is looking warily. by lv96ernqfe


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 Mammal Monday, Dog Faced Baboon riding a donkey. © The Field Museum, CSZ55784, Photographer Wilfred

 Mammal Monday, Dog Faced Baboon riding a donkey. 

© The Field Museum, CSZ55784, Photographer Wilfred H. Osgood.

Small Dog-faced baboon on a donkey. 

Daily News Abyssinian Expedition Zoology Mammals, Birds Africa Abyssinia Wilfred Osgood, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Charles Suydam Cutting, Jack Baum, Alfred M. Bailey Start Date: 9/7/1926 End Date: 5/20/1927

4x5 Interpositive 

1927


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Blesmols, or African mole-rats, are a group of rodents adapted for mole-like burrowing. Closely rela

Blesmols, or African mole-rats, are a group of rodents adapted for mole-like burrowing. Closely related to the more famous naked mole-rat, these little mammals have reduced eyes and ears along with incisors that protrude out even when their mouths are closed, allowing them to excavate tunnels primarily using their teeth.

One of the earliest known fossil blesmols is Bathyergoides neotertiarius here, from the early MioceneofNamibia about 20 million years ago. For almost a century this species was known only from teeth and partial skull remains, but recently a partial skeleton was described giving us a better idea of its overall appearance and lifestyle.

Bathyergoides was a fairly large blesmol, around 25cm long (~10"), and was already specialized for tooth-digging with a skull very similar to modern forms. It had powerful muscular forelimbs that would have been used to push back loose soil while burrowing, but unlike its living relatives it also had a long tail and relatively slender hindlimb bones – with anatomy suggesting its legs were used more for stabilizing its posture than for actively digging.

It may have had a less subterranean lifestyle than modern blesmols, digging out extensive burrows but still foraging for food above ground in a similar manner to modern semi-fossorial rodents like giant pouched rats.

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Animal of the Day!

Yellow-winged Bat (Lavia frons)

(Photo by Adria Lopez-Baucells)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat-Central Africa

Size (Weight/Length)- 30 g; 80 mm; 36 cm wingspan

Diet-Insects

Cool Facts- This large species of bat may have the cutest nose in the animal kingdom. Females tend to be a little larger than the males and all yellow-winged bats sport the yellow-white color scheme. Yellow-winged bats mate for life and control a small territory. The pairs will sleep together in trees where the male is fiercely protective of the female. Females tend to give birth in April during the start of the rainy season. Each mother has only one baby who will cling to their mother’s chest while she flies. These babies are capable of flight after only a week and leave their parents after about three months. The bat’s huge ears help them locate prey and their surroundings. Considered a false vampire bat, the yellow-winged bat eats only insects despite its appearance.

Rating-11/10 (Just a ‘lil puff ball.)

A Risso’s dolphin caught up in fishing line. Dolphin numbers in the Indian Ocean may have dropped by

A Risso’s dolphin caught up in fishing line. Dolphin numbers in the Indian Ocean may have dropped by more than 80% in recent decades, with an estimated 4 million small cetaceans caught as “by-catch” in commercial tuna fishing nets since 1950, according to a study

Photograph: Andrew Sutton/Central Studio

(viaThe week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)


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dendroica: A badger in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Badgers were an alarmingly frequent topic

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A badger in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Badgers were an alarmingly frequent topic of conversation in the White House during the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng

Photograph: Barrett Hedges/Getty/National Geographic Image Collection RF

(viaThe week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)


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Common warthog / CAS-MAM 22332Scientific name: Phacochoerus africanusLocality: AFRICA: Tanzania, Lak

Common warthog / CAS-MAM 22332

Scientific name:Phacochoerus africanus
Locality: AFRICA: Tanzania, Lake Manyara, Arusha region
Collection date: June 1927
Collector: F. Walker; K. Walker
Department:Ornithology & Mammalogy, image © California Academy of Sciences


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emilyecase:“Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” -Anatole Franc

emilyecase:

“Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

-Anatole France


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Felking Close-up (by Ryan Viljoen)

Felking Close-up (by Ryan Viljoen)


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Gopher (by Moosealope)
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