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animal pollination supply a major proportion of nutrients in the human diet. source - https://island.lk/
A fundamental deterioration in nature
September 2, 2020

A widespread loss of pollinating animals in recent decades is a fundamental deterioration in nature. This loss will ultimately lead to a “catastrophic collapse of nature’s ecosystems”.

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A mother fruit bat with her nursing pup. These fruit bats (Rousettus madagascariensis) from Ankarana in northern Madagascar are from a species that carries a form of coronavirus. The researchers have been studying the population dynamics of this species superimposed on different zoonotic diseases for seven years. Credit: Olivà S. Noroalintseheno Lalarivoniaina
Coronaviruses and bats have been evolving together for millions of years
April 30, 2020

Bats do a lot of good for the world—they pollinate plants, they eat disease-carrying insects, and they help disperse seeds that help with the regeneration of tropical forest trees. Bats and a range of other mammal groups are also natural carriers of coronaviruses.

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