Humans are tough on animals, but sometimes they fight back. Nature isn’t always benign: Some critters can be dangerous. You know you should avoid poisonous snakes, but did you know you shouldn’t pet that armadillo? It may be carrying leprosy, and while leprosy, now known as Hanson’s Disease, is a bacterial infection that can now be cured, it’s not something you want to get!
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Long-term declines of elephants, giraffes and other animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates inside the country’s national parks as outside of these protected areas.

Biologist David Western says, “This is the first time we’ve taken a good look at a national park system in one country, relative to all of the wildlife populations across the whole country. And we found that wildlife populations inside and outside of the parks are declining at much the same rate. What we’re now beginning to understand is that the pressures around the parks are also affecting the wildlife in the parks.”
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