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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

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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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Antarctic ice shelf the size of France is suddenly jumping twice a day, scientists warn it could trigger devastating ice quakes

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Ice shelves are permanently floating sheets of ice connected to land.Pictured is the Ross Ice Shelf, the largest ice shelf in Antarctica.

Antarctica’s largest ice shelf is moving and could trigger icequakes, a new study warns. Researchers found that the Ross Ice Shelf, an ice platform covering nearly 200,000 square miles, an …

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