As over-farming wipes out food sources in Africa, chimpanzees are now eating disease-ridden bat guano… which could trigger the next pandemic, experts warn

The photos, taken with a motion-sensitive trail camera, capture the following: A) A pile of guano at the entrance to a tree cavity where a bat roosts; B) A chimpanzee eating guano; C) A black and white colobus monkey eating guano; D) A Redbuck, an antelope, eats bird droppings.

Chimpanzees in a protected forest in Uganda are being forced to eat disease-carrying bat guano due to over-farming, which experts fear could trigger the next pandemic. Scientists observed chimpanzees, monkeys …

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