Granted, these people have probably never seen vaccine-preventable disease #VPDs & therefore don’t believe they exist.
"Luckily", my mom had #polio, and I can still recall the shapes of her twisted arm. Her elbow being on the wrong side.
Attached is a link to a reel of Smiley, aka Tiny Dancer, with the fatal neurological disease distemper.
I've been privileged to work/volunteer O/S & see these awful diseases.
shorturl.at/K1Ffr
🧪 On this day in 1885 Louis Pasteur administered the very first rabies vaccination 💉
Happy #WorldZoonosesDay
#DYK? 🦠 60% of pathogens 🦠 that cause human diseases come from animals?
Interrupted Rations
Death cap’s pale allure
Whispers promises, then chokes
Amanita’s kiss
#Science #MycologyMonday #Haiku #SciComm #iTeachBio #Poetry #Secret #Mushroom #HiddenMessage
Can you work out the secret message hiding in plain sight?
https://allpoetry.com/poem/17888952-Interrupted-Rations-by-David-Wakeham
One of my clients asking for help identifying this skull they found in Lowood QLD near water.
My guess was a Corvus mellori (Australian Little Raven) based on size and location.
Length ~ 890 mm
Cranium length ~ 415 mm
Cranium width ~ 370 mm
Alternative IDs welcome
#Education #STEMeducation #Science🧪 #iTeachBio🧬 #Birds #Ornithology #Skulls