2020 - S05E02 - Polar Bear Bird Flu
A polar bear has been killed by bird flu as the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreads into the most remote parts of the planet. TV-MA, 52 mins
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Or casino blender dude interruptions instead.
Imma wait till the season finale and binge watch then
Would this not be s05e01?
sadly, no…
2020 - S05E01 - Earthquake Aftershock Plane Crash [Season Premier]
The death toll from the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan’s west coast on Monday has risen to at least 30, according to Ishikawa prefecture authorities. More than 35 aftershocks greater than a magnitude of 2.5 have struck near the epicenter of Japan’s earthquake in the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Later, Japan Airlines jet bursts into flames after collision with earthquake relief plane at Tokyo Haneda airport. TV-MA, 104 mins
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You should make a series list of episodes, it's a pretty good format to remember all the crazy stuff that has rolled through lately
Ep. 1 was a clip show.
I would really appreciate help processing this.
The bird is sick, bird dies, bear eats bird, bear dies.
It shows that this particular influenza strain can infect both bears and birds.
Wash your hands, stay home if you're sick, don't eat birds that have died from influenza.
Ok, but... polar bears eat birds?
Polar bears aren't picky where their calories come from and they need a lot of them.
Also we should take into account the lack of sea ice which means the bears can't hunt marine food sources.
Yes, pretty much anything that is available.
Polar bears have evolved to prey on seals. But they are curious and will eat other foods when available — including geese, bird eggs, whales that wash up on the beach, and even the occasional small mammal.
https://polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears-changing-arctic/polar-bear-facts/diet-prey/
If only AI summaries were half as good as this.
And if you're a bot... fucking bravo.
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Not necessarily; while ripping the bird apart to eat it, if blood and whatever other residues get on/in soft tissues like nose or around eyes, infection spreads easily that way.
Polar bears are birds.
In seriousness I don't know if this is fucked up or just something that happens sometimes.
Viruses can jump between species , especially if their target proteins are non-specific. It’s not necessarily rare, but nonetheless destructive.
Lol, polar bears aren't real. :-P
Wait I thought birds wer.... ohhhh
That might be true in the future.
Gulp, like anyone I do enjoy being right, but dayum in this case I very much hope that I am wrong!?!? :-P
If the bird flu can penetrate the Arctic it can penetrate the Antarctic. If that happens we'll lose a lot of penguins, far more than we can "afford".
A lot of penguins aren't in the Antarctic, so it may already be spreading through populations in places like South Africa and the Galapagos Islands.
We still have polar bears?
Not anymore.
While H5N1 gaining the ability to spread human to human is scary, it is an influenza virus which doesn't mutate as quickly as coronaviruses do. We know how to make vaccines for the flu and have the ability to make one rather quickly.
Yeah except like 30% of the population is anti-vax :|
Well... Maybe that number will go lower.
I volunteer to vaccinate the polar bears! 💉🐻❄️❄️