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The worst disease ever recorded.

"In 2015, a big-nosed Asian antelope known as the saiga lost two-thirds of its population—"

I don't know about the Asian Antelope, but Obama stopped importing Saiga Rifles in 2014. A true "tragedy"...

~Matt

Cute though...
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This is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 810 miles from the North Pole.
It "archives" seeds that are Heirloom Seeds and Heritage Seed stocks. Maybe we need a similar "Ark" for animal species...?
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A doomsday fungus known as Bd has condemned more species to extinction than any other pathogen.
 
Interesting article, OP. Thanks for posting- had heard about such a pathogen but didn't know the extent of its damage.
 
The worst disease ever recorded.

Not even close...
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Thing looks like a hoppity-hop...
 
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