![]() ![]() Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare but severe, often fatal illness in humans. The COVID-19 outbreak we are facing reminds me of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea a few years ago. Bats, snakes, and pangolins have been suggested as possible reservoirs of the virus. The current outbreak of COVID-19 also draws attention to the food markets dealing wild animals in Wuhan, China, where the first infected persons were found. 2006) were the suspected reservoirs for the virus. ![]() 2005) and the horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophus cornutus) (Wang et al. In the case of SARS, which spread primarily in southern China, wild animals such as the masked palm civet ( Paguma larvata) (Wang et al. During the 21st century, several life-threatening viruses were introduced to humans from zoonotic reservoirs: this happened with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002–2003 and, a decade later, with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012. Thus, the CSG named it severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Gorbalenya et al. This virus was formally recognized by the Coronavirus Study Group (CSG), a working group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), as a sister to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses (SARS-CoVs). The disease is caused by a virus that was tentatively named 2019-nCOV by the World Health Organization (WHO). All over the world, people are anxious about their friends, families, and colleagues. The numbers were doubled within 11 days on April 14. A total of 210,186 patients had recovered, and the number of deaths stood at 52,863. By the end of that day there were 1,011,490 confirmed cases globally, across 180 countries and regions. According to the Johns Hopkins University Corona Virus Resource Center ( ), the number of total confirmed infections exceeded 1 million as of April 3, 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 began at the end of 2019 and became a pandemic in 2020. Although numbers are difficult to estimate, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) believes there are 172,000 – 299,000 left in the wild.The infant named Jokro and her mother Jire ![]() Chimps communicate in a variety of ways, including vocalizations, gestures and body posture, and facial expressions, allowing them to maintain complex relationships within communities that can number over 100 individuals in the wild.Ĭhimps are listed as Endangered in the wild because of poaching and habitat destruction in the forests of equatorial Africa, and populations have steadily declined over the years. They are well-known for their intelligence and tool use. Chimps have an average life span of 35-40 years in zoos.Īccording to the zoo, chimps are one of the five types of great apes, along with gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and humans. The gestation period for chimpanzees is 230 days. With the newst baby, the Zoo's troop now consists of 17 chimpanzees: The most recent chimp births at the zoo were a male born to Gigi in May, and male Obi and female Asha in 2019, who are now rambunctious toddlers. The Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan (SSP), managed by the AZA, recommended this planned birth. This is the seventh chimp birth at the North Carolina Zoo since 2010, making the Zoo currently the most successful Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) zoo for breeding chimps. Little girl's uncle Obi has been very curious but respectful as mom and baby get more comfortable with the rest of the troop.”Īccording to the Zoo, chimps are very protective of their young, and mothers hold the infants exclusively to their chest until about four months of age only then are they allowed on the ground to begin exploring. The baby girl is so strong and holding on tight whenever mom moves. "Genie's childcare practice with her little brother Obi is definitely coming in handy. ![]() “Genie is doing so well being a first-time mom," said North Carolina Zoo animal keeper Sarah Himmelspach. The animal care and veterinarian teams said the mother and baby are doing well, and the baby appears healthy, active and nursing. ![]()
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