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Coronavirus and Animals

There’s a lot of talk about Coronavirus at the moment, and a lot of misinformation in these early days while data is still being gathered, so lets clear some things up.

There is more than one coronavirus. Coronavirus is a family, there’s a bunch of them, and many have been well known for a jolly long time. 

COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2, it’s relatively new and it’s what we’re all worried about. 

The COVID-19 virus was detected in one, single dog in Hong Kong, owned by a human who was infected with the virus. This dog continued to have low levels of the virus detectable in its mouth for several days, never showed any signs of clinical disease, and so far (March 12th local time) has not demonstrated a serological response. 

So it appears that while COVID-19 can exist in dogs, if it does so it is the dog getting infected from its human, and there is no evidence that they then transmit the illness on to other humans. Think of the dog’s mouth like unwashed human hands - the virus can be there, but hasn’t actually infected the hands.

Current advice is to keep suspect pets with their owners if they are in self-quarantine, and wash your hands after handling. Also, don’t let your pets lick your face if you have any cold or flu symptoms.

More info below cut, including other species.

Keep reading

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The epitome of female dominance

This is the triplewart seadevil. The big red one being the female and the tiny purple one the male, also called the parasite.

The male instead if hunting for its own food it bites into the female, fusing his body with hers and living off the nutrients in her blood. In return, he provides the one thing he has to offer; sperm.

In the process his body shrivels up . He loses his eyes, fins and most internal organs until ultimately he become just a portable soerm bank for the female.

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everyone who reads this post will get some big spicy joy within 24 large minutes (hours)

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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if your main coping mechanism is writing bad notes app poetry clap your hands 👏👏

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it’s just one of those croissant days

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rami just ran by in front of my car lmfao