On a shallow reef in the Florida Keys, a young Caribbean spiny lobster returns from a night of foraging for tasty mollusks and enters its narrow den. Lobsters usually share these rocky crevices, and tonight a new one has wandered in. Something about the newcomer is not right, though. Chemicals in its urine smell different. These substances are produced when a lobster is infected with a contagious virus called Panulirus argus virus 1, and the healthy returning lobster seems alarmed. As hard as it is to find a den like this one, protected from predators, the young animal backs out, into open waters and away from the deadly virus.

Social animals stay apart, changing behaviors such as grooming to stop the spread of diseases that could kill them. Strategies vary from shunning a sick animal to maintaining interactions with only the closest relatives.

All people would social distansing. This way is Safe for everyone. Plz stay Social distancing and Save Our World. Plz Use Masks.

Thanks amazing! I knew that when ants get infected by some desease, they stay away from ant colony.

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Not all animals😐

Not all animals😐