The snakes belong here

"Years-long research project finds snakes become 'very disoriented', lose weight and get sick when relocated.The snakes belong here. They have always been here and it's us humans coming in needing to learn how to live better with snakes."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-09/research-project-canberra-snake-tracking-discoveries/104904398
#native #wildlife #habitat #HomeRange #snakes #possums #relocation #translocation #sprawl #pets #HWI #HumanWildlifeInteractions

Protect where bats forage
Protect where bats roost
Include primary pandemic prevention alongside preparedness and response.

"While biomedical approaches are an essential part of the pandemic response toolbox, the genesis of a pandemic is rooted in ecological systems, necessitating ecological approaches for prevention."

"To reduce the likelihood of pandemics, we must protect where animals forage and rest so that we can keep wildlife healthy, minimize allostatic load, reduce the need for animals to alter their spatial behavior, and minimize risky human-wildlife encounters."
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Plowright, R.K., Ahmed, A.N., Coulson, T. et al. Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics. Nat Commun 15, 2577 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46151-9
#Wildlife #habitat #destruction #degradation #fragmentation ##bats pandemics #HWI #biodiversity #conservation #deforestation #livestock #ungulates #grazing #horses #hendra #pathogens #spillover #ZoonoticRisk #roads #extractivism #sprawl #OneHealth #EcologicalCountermeasures