At Exeter University, scientists have found evidence that badgers sleeping in ‘outlying’ setts are more likely than other badgers to carry bovine tuberculosis. This is serious research but I just have to call these badgers ‘dirty stop-outs’.
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This will be an interesting topic to follow and to see why, if true, this occurs.
Reblogged this on ecologyescapades.
Thank you! I found the story by chance and I think it’s too interesting to miss.