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Find the culprit causing 200,000 Saiga antelope to die in a month
Scientists have found a kind of seemingly harmless bacterium, but it is the main reason why 200,000 chamois are destroyed.
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Scientists have found a kind of seemingly harmless bacterium, but it is the main reason why 200,000 chamois are destroyed.
Experts are still searching for answers as to why the Saiga antelope died so much.
In the last two weeks of May 2010, people discovered more than 12,000 saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) died in Kazakhstan. At that time, 12,000 equaled 15% of the total…
The scientific name is Saiga tatarica, many in Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kalmykia region (Russia). Saiga antelopes belong to herbivores, they choose to eat on a hundred d…