Exactly one year ago, I posted a blog for World Pangolin Day 2020, calling attention to the illegal Pangolin trade and the awful exotic animal market demand. Since then, I've spent time reading what I can find about Pangolin physiology and immunology, and progress in the challenging quest to discover the origins--and plot a prehistory … Continue reading A Pangolin Prayer – For World Pangolin Day 2021
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Pangolin Didn’t Kill Itself: For World Pangolin Day 2020
Pangolin Didn’t Kill Itself. Since news of the novel coronavirus spread late last year, I was struck by claims that the virus originated in snakes and/or bats. In my minds eye I quickly saw the image of a brew in a cauldron, “The eye of a newt and the toe of a frog etc..” This … Continue reading Pangolin Didn’t Kill Itself: For World Pangolin Day 2020
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