DON'T P..P..PICK UP A PENGUIN

Published date27 March 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Adélie penguins are testing positive for the disease without showing any obvious symptoms

Scientists fear they could wipe out entire animal populations.

Bioveterinary professor Colin Butter, at the University of Lincoln, said: "The Antarctic ecosystem is precious and fragile. Influenza virus could cause devastating disruption from which it will not recover."

Boffins tested the sea birds on Beagle Island in the Antarctic peninsula for H5N1 in January.

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