@alexwild

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#Blowflies
#politicians
#cartoons
#Leunig
#humour

#Blowflies found to carry #bird_flu #virus.

#H5N1 #Calliphora #vector

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-blowflies-bird-flu-virus.html

1-AUG-2024
Tiny flyers with large impact: #Blowflies carry bird flu virus
A new study from a wild bird colony in southern Japan reveals that blowflies are a potential means of #birdFlu transmission.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1053291

#science #AvianInfluenza #ZoonoticDisease #flu #PublicHealth

#Blowflies are potential #vector for avian #influenza virus at #enzootic area in #Japan, Sci Rep.: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-61026-1

Our observations suggest C. nigribarbis may acquire the HPAI virus from deceased wild #birds directly or from #fecal materials from infected birds, highlighting the need to add blowflies as a target of HPAI vector control.

Research reveals which animals perceive time the fastest https://phys.org/news/2022-12-reveals-animals-fastest.html

#Animals that perceive time the fastest are those that are small, can fly, or are marine #predators.

#BlowFlies, #Dragonflies were able to detect changes at the highest rate, with vision that could handle 300hz (300 times a second), significantly faster than humans (65hz).

In #vertebrates, the fastest eyes belonged to the pied #FlyCatchers which could see at 146hz. #Salmon clocked in at 96hz and #Dogs at 75hz.