Comment on Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead
RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com 1 year ago
In short: a local bacteria caused blood poisoning.
A large herd of antelope died of a similar cause shortly before this group of elephants succumbed to the sickness as well.
sj_zero 1 year ago
Only tangentially related to the story, but people should learn what sepsis looks like because it's quite a common killer of humans.
Relatively benign bacteria can become deadly killers through a mud puddle or a bad cut in your mouth.
GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz 1 year ago
it caused the death of my favorite singer-songwriter
r.i.p. Ritsuko Okazaki