In recent weeks, however, another specter has come into focus: rabies. So far, 17 seals have tested positive for the virus, may be the first sustained rabies outbreak ever documented in marine mammals.
Rabies spreads through the saliva of infected animals, no human cases reported, but at least 72 people in South Africa have been bitten or scratched by Cape fur seals since 2021.
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