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Lulu KC

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3. I keep trying to remember what I read

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 01:08 AM

Mar 2020

about two weeks ago before this had become real to my limited imagination--the type of bat who is identified to have begun this virus cycle is overpopulating due to loss of its predator species. So ecosystem imbalance, extinction--all related. I really want to find this article. Will continue to search.

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I have a sneaking suspicion [View all] cilla4progress Mar 2020 OP

I suppose it's possible. Do you see a link between them? CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2020 #1

I'm not a scientist, but my intuition tells me cilla4progress Mar 2020 #5

I thought so too but have read and heard that it BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #2

the plague was transferred with rats demtenjeep Mar 2020 #10

Yes, the fleas on the rats. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #11

I keep trying to remember what I read Lulu KC Mar 2020 #3

Mother Nature.is.pissed. Humans had decades of chances... Guilded Lilly Mar 2020 #4

Earth about to shake off some fleas? Flaleftist Mar 2020 #6

We been piss poor stewards and our planet is letting us know. eom sprinkleeninow Mar 2020 #7

Coronaviruses are generally zoonotic Niagara Mar 2020 #8

I heard a scientist say that one species of bats have many viruses dawg day Mar 2020 #9

In nature, population density has always played a roll. safeinOhio Mar 2020 #12