between moving, cleaning, and local internet ups and downs, I entirely missed @KateShaw 's new episode on Namibia's Skeleton Coast!

featuring several interesting animals.

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/10/06/episode-453-the-skeleton-coast/

#seals
#CapeFurSeal
#BrownFurSeal
#DesertPlatedLizard
#lizards
#bustards
#owls
#birds
#SkeletonCoast
#MonsterMonth
#Africa
#deserts

Episode 453: The Skeleton Coast | Strange Animals Podcast

🌍 Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) #AfricanBirds | #KoriBustard #ArdeotisKori | #Bustards #BustardFamily 📷: Photo by BldrJanet🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds
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First Report of Low Pathogenic Avian #Influenza Subtype #H9N2 in African Houbara #Bustards (Chlamydotis undulata undulata) and #Gamebirds in #Morocco: Clinico-Pathological Findings, Molecular Characterization, and Associated Coinfections https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38140613/?utm_source=Feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1LGAx__djGAJ9poBzWGqPtjEbBDtz4ipSRRPUplmgHEyyF_Ihj&fc=None&ff=20231223160205&v=2.18.0
First Report of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H9N2 in African Houbara Bustards ( Chlamydotis undulata undulata) and Gamebirds in Morocco: Clinico-Pathological Findings, Molecular Characterization, and Associated Coinfections - PubMed

We report in this paper the first detection of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) subtype H9N2 in houbara bustards and in gamebirds in Morocco. Starting in 2019, an increase in mortality rates related to respiratory distress was recorded in these species. Necropsy of the specimens revealed fibrin …

PubMed

A great first day for our guests this #Christmas 🎅 from Naturetrek Wildlife Holidays !

44 Great #Bustards, hundreds of Black-bellied and Pin-tailed Sandgrouse and 4 Spanish Imperial Eagles made up the festive highlights so far!

#llanosbirding #FlywayBirding

UK government funded anti-LGBTQ+ organisation in Uganda, says report

The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, which is openly homophobic, has been a direct recipient of UK aid money

The Guardian