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Audio long read: Chimpanzees are dying from our colds — these scientists are trying to save them
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English - February 26, 2024 14:05 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 672 ratingsScience Technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The phenomenon of animals catching diseases from humans, called reverse zoonoses, has had a severe impact on great ape populations, often representing a bigger threat than habitat loss or poaching.
However, while many scientists and conservationists agree that human diseases pose one of the greatest risks to great apes today there are a few efforts under way to use a research-based approach to mitigate this problem.
This is an audio version of our Feature Chimpanzees are dying from our colds — these scientists are trying to save them
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