DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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The meerkat mask mandate you didn’t know about. By Mandy Squires

"Both Melbourne and Werribee zoos have strict mask rules in place to protect the curious creatures from catching COVID from members of the public during “meerkat experience” sessions."

@auscovid19

Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/why-antimaskers-wont-get-near-melbourne-zoos-meerkats-and-the-zoo-animal-covid-vax/news-story/6ce70cf1f2d7155476e14a1420a375c7

Both Melbourne and Werribee zoos have strict mask rules in place to protect the curious creatures from catching Covid from members of the public during “meerkat experience” sessions. “Fitted face masks are to be worn on all experiences, behind the scenes, tours and in some animal habitats, which will be signed,” Melbourne Zoo informs potential visitors on its website. The zoo’s terms and conditions state that anyone who refuses to mask-up as directed can be refused entry or ordered to leave the zoo. Masks are also required to be worn by visitors participating in Werribee Zoo’s African cat experience, that allows humans to get close to servals. A spokeswoman for Zoos Victoria said precautionary measures were taken “to carefully manage health risks through animal care practices, such as wearing masks whenever there are animal and keeper interactions with primates, meerkats and our feline species”. It comes as the number of Victorians hospitalised with Covid each day surges again, after the state enjoyed a brief respite. An average of 116 people a day were hospitalised with the virus last week, up from 95 the week before. Covid deaths have also risen to 80 in the most recent 28-day reporting period of March 6 to April 2 — more than in the previous period of February 7 to March 5, with the latest metropolitan and regional wastewater testing revealing “increasing prevalence of Covid-19 infections in the community”.
A Covid vaccine for Australian zoo animals has been made. The Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia (ZAA) and Adelaide biotech company Vaxine developed the vaccine, called SpikeVet, based on technology used in the COVAX-19 human vaccine. “We explored a range of options to vaccinate our zoo animals and this option was selected considering both safety and potential effectiveness,” co-convener of the ZAA Veterinary Advisory Group, Dr David McLelland, said. “While Covid-19 vaccines for animals have also been developed overseas, it is more feasible to use a locally made vaccine, particularly one that has already been shown to be safe and effective in a broad range of animal species.” ZAA said the SpikeVet vaccine had an optimised formulation appropriate for animals of very different sizes and was designed to protect against all the major Covid variants, including the Omicron variants.

nekochan, to animals

Suricate

peterdrake, to drawing
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Meerkat (face detail), per The Sketch Encyclopedia.

keeya, to random
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Well well, some new residents in the zoo. Actually they are two but the other one didn't really want to present more than his butt to the visitors so this one will have to do.

On a side note, they do have a really dedicated hair stylist, just look at that perfectly groomed mane!

Unfortunately, being the rock stars and picky kittens they are, the building with my personal fennecs is closed off, so I have to wait until Sir Lion is comfy with his new enclosure.

Cats...

keeya,
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The meerkat group therapy dig

One was bored though and ripped out pieces of rotten wood from this old tree. Best not to have them as pets, think of your furniture....

dannotdaniel, to random
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well that would be none of my business

JWBalsley, to webcomics

Workin' it!

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pomarede, to ska
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in the

The SARAO MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Galactic Plane Survey

... with new insights on what's lurking in the Zone of Avoidance:
⭐️ The Vela Supercluster
⭐️ The Great Attractor
⭐️ The Local Void

by Sharmila Goedhart and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07275

CosmicRami, to Astro
@CosmicRami@aus.social avatar

There's a really wonderful radio telescope (well, interferometer) over in South Africa known as MeerKAT and its sensitivity is really good!

The images that we get from the Galactic Plane, and supernova remnants, are just wonderful!

Radio astronomy rocks!

📸 https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07275

A grid of images in four rows and three columns. In each of the image is a spherical bubble of intense gas that is the shell of a supernova remnant.

pomarede, to Astronomy
@pomarede@mastodon.social avatar

Sthabile Kolwa uses data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope to shed light on black holes and how the Universe evolves.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03900-y

✍️ by Linda Nordling
📷 by Chris de Beer-Procter

"science

pomarede, to ska
@pomarede@mastodon.social avatar

Great Attractor paper alert 🚨

SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey: Probing the richness of the Great Attractor Wall across the inner Zone of Avoidance

by Nadia Steyn and co-authors

https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03545

McNige, to Cat
@McNige@mastodon.scot avatar

Stoopid cat hanging with the 'bros', it thinks it's a meerkat not merely a cat😀
#cat #pussy #meerkat #NZ #nature #wild #photo

dinosaurgerms, to Furry
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suited up 🚀
By zangerdanger
https://zangerdanger.carrd.co

I'm extremely happy with how this came out!! 🤩 This piece is inspired by the flight suits worn by characters in 80's/90's-era shmups 👾

WanderInge, to animals

Hello world!

dinosaurgerms, to Furry
@dinosaurgerms@furries.club avatar

LOUD
By zangerdanger
http://zangerdanger.carrd.co/

EugeniaLoli, to illustration

Hydrangea girl and meerkat, with handmade watercolor paints.

hfalcke, to cymru
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Fantastic night at the - two medals for @Radboud_uni Astronomy department at . My colleague @mmosc_m received the Eddington medal for her theoretical work and I the Herschel medal for my observational work within the @ehtelescope. Also awarded: John Peacock with a gold medal and Rob Fender for the team. Thanks a lot!

Yes, it was in the big - the national stadium of fitting 74,000 people

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