New Mongabay podcast features Sarah Olson of WCS: with Ebola very much in the news lately <https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/ape-sanctuaries-in-the-drc-brace-themselves-as-ebola-hits-the-country/> we thought it good to check in with an expert whose main focus is great ape health to talk about humans and ecology too. Chimpanzees and gorillas are just as susceptible to the Ebola virus as humans, but it might all come down to the hammer-headed fruit bat, which is believed to be a potential “reservoir” of the Ebola virus.
Olson is part of a study in the Republic of the Congo that seeks to understand how the virus is transmitted from carriers like hammer-headed fruit bats to other wildlife and humans. While the study aims to discover the mechanisms that trigger outbreaks of Ebola, Olson also says why this research is about much more than human and wildlife health: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/audio-how-an-african-bat-might-help-us-prevent-future-ebola-outbreaks/ Listen at the link above or subscribe to the Mongabay Newscast on Android <https://subscribeonandroid.com/mongabay.libsyn.com/rss%E2%80%9D>, the Google Podcasts <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.podcasts&hl=en_US> app, Apple Podcasts <https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mongabay-newscast/id1155856616?mt=2>, Stitcher <https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mongabay-newscast>, TuneIn <http://tunein.com/radio/Mongabay-Newscast-p914475/>, RSS <http://mongabay.libsyn.com/rss>, Castbox <https://castbox.fm/channel/Mongabay-Newscast-id384449?country=us>, Pocket Casts <https://pca.st/Lf7A>, via Spotify <https://www.spotify.com/>, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Erik -- www.erikhoffner.com
