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Why Are Cape Fur Seals in South Africa Infected With Rabies?

In May this year, a seal at a popular beach in Cape Town, South Africa, bit five surfers in a matter of minutes. The surfers laughed it off with characteristic nonchalance, but seal experts were concerned because this extremely unusual behaviour seemed part of what was becoming a pattern.

Six days earlier, on the other side of the city, a seal had washed up with horrific facial injuries that could only have been caused by a seriously aggressive animal.

Starting in late 2021, authorities noted with concern an uptick in seal aggression. While most seals continued to ignore people, a few seemingly “deranged” animals had started biting people or other animals with no provocation.

“Although the behaviour looked ‘rabid’, our best scientific…

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