For decades, fearless Canadians have kept us all safe from the threat posed by baby seals, and they did it old school, with clubs. Getting up close and personal really sends the message to the seals that manage to get away. But now, nature is taking over.
In this case, it’s death from above — bird flu. Yes, bird flu is now infecting baby seals.
A new strain of bird flu mutated to affect mammals and killed over 160 seals, most of them pups, off of New England last year, scientists say. It’s now called seal flu H3N8, so for all of you warriors out there preparing to do hand-to-hand combat with the seals, just remember not to let them cough on you.