Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
- Written by Dana Hawley, Professor of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
Caribbean spiny lobsters normally live in groups, but healthy lobsters avoid members of their own species if they are infected with a deadly virus.
Humberto Ramirez/Getty ImagesSocial distancing to combat COVID-19 is profoundly impacting society, leaving many people wondering whether it will actually work. As disease ecologists, we know that...
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