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Tourists’ selfies could be spreading COVID to endangered mountain gorillas – Euronews
New research from Oxford Brookes University studied Instagram posts from great ape trekking travellers.
New research has found that tourists’ selfies may be putting mountain gorillas at risk of contracting COVID-19.
Primate conservation experts at Oxford Brookes University in the UK studied nearly 1,000 Instagram posts from people visiting the species in East Africa.
The team concluded that most travellers were close enough to the animals, while taking the photos, to transmit the virus – particularly as most were not wearing face masks.
Researchers have described the findings as “very concerning”,…
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