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One rabid skunk in the area is concerning, two in two days is raising some red flags.
"Rabies seems to be moving in areas that haven't had it before," said Dr. Weinstein. "We don't really know what's behind the increase."
Last year there were three times the normal amount of rabies cases reported in the state. Officials have no idea what causing the surge but they are urging all pet owners to vaccinate all animals including livestock.
they don't know what's causing the disease to spread like this.
TDawgRex
reply to post by Rezlooper
Rez! Long time, no see. I would say that I am on the methane bandwagon myself. It needs more study and exposure though in my opinion. But how it effects bacteria? I have no clue.
There are various types of microbes that eat methane. They live deep underground and they live 30,000 feet into the air. Basically, they are everywhere and they feed off methane hydrates.
The theory goes something like this. The more methane increases it becomes a feeding frenzy for the microbes. What happens when these microbes have more than enough to eat? They multiply. As methane release increases, there is naturally going to be a rapid increase in the microbes that feed.
Through the evolution of bacteria over millions of years you can expect that other species of bacteria can also experience growth. As one species of bacteria rapidly increases, others will follow. I propose in this theory that as the microbes continuously feed on the increased methane hydrates, other bacteria are following the lead, thus, literally thousands of species of bacteria and viruses are experiencing phenomenal growth all over the planet.
TDawgRex
reply to post by Rezlooper
Ok...that's a bit creepy though I did know some of it, not that much though.
Thanks to you and SofiCrow for giving me the heebie-jeebies.