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Karen (born 11 June 1992) is a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), who on 27 August 1994 at the San Diego Zoo was the first orangutan to have open heart surgery and in 2021 was among the first non-humans to receive a vaccine for COVID-19.
General Non-human Great Ape Susceptibility to COVID-19 Although the susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 infection among many non-human primates is unknown, all catarrhines , monkeys and apes from Africa and Eurasia, have the same set of 12 amino acid residues as human ACE2 where SARS-CoV-2 enters the host cell leading to infection.
Rudi Valentino, the oldest male orangutan in North America, died at the Houston Zoo on Tuesday at the age of 45. Reuters visited the Houston Zoo four days before Rudi’s death to highlight his ...
Orangutans are viewed as easy targets, according to hunters, because of their typically large size and lack of speed. [15] Sumatran, Tapanuli and Bornean orangutans are killed at a high rate for many reasons, the most common being the trade of meat or because farmers believe they are a threat to their crops. [16]
A wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time an animal has been observed applying medicine to a skin injury.
A recent Washington Post analysis of government data between 2001 and 2013 found that the main culprits are flying insects such as bees, wasps, and hornets which kill an average of 58 people annually.
Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic includes reporting on the deaths of anti-vaccine advocates from COVID-19 as a phenomenon occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] [3] The media also reported on various websites documenting such deaths, with some outlets questioning whether this practice was overly unsympathetic.
A frequent fallacy consisted in concluding on the ineffectiveness (or low effectiveness) of vaccines after noticing the apparently high proportion of vaccinated patients among COVID-19-related hospitalisations and deaths, without taking into account the high proportion of vaccinated people among the general population, thus committing the base ...