Skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to sprout in the springtime in the Northern Hemisphere. The plant itself is 20?C (76?F) warmer than the surrounding air, and it melts the snow around itself so that the shoots can sprout upwards.
Bats are prime suspects in Malaysian epidemic
Bats are prime suspects in Malaysian epidemic Bats may be the source of the deadly disease
‘encephalitis’ which recently spread through Malaysia,
killing 100 people. In some populations of bats, up to 25 per cent
seem to have been exposed to the virus. However, it is still not
yet clear whether or not the bats are the reservoir of the
disease. 22 MAY 1999, P. 12
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