The way we name animals is often silly and dumb and in no way represents what they are...

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Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)

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Morning all. It’s Saturday and if I take the high road and you take the low road I’ll get to the weekend afore ye. A new poster for you. Have a good one! xx

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#Antarctica - #Influenza A #H5 viruses of high pathogenicity (2017-) - Immediate notification [FINAL], #WOAH: https://wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/5599

-- A South Polar #skua was found dead and was collected by Argentinean scientists in the vicinity of the Argentinean Antarctic base "Primavera". The samples were sent to the Spanish Antarctic base "Gabriel de Castilla" where diagnosis was carried out by PCR and sequencing was performed to confirm the protease cleavage site (PLREKRRKR/GLF).