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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·5 days agoThere’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoEspecially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer
minus-squarestickly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoWhat if we accelerate climate change to make bats go extinct? Some Thanos level used-the-stones-to-kill-the-stones shit
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoI guess the correct plural is virii or viruses? (Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoThat’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English
There’s probably thousands of coronavira in different animals just waiting to give us their love.
Especially bats. They have more viruses than an average family computer
What if we accelerate climate change to make bats go extinct? Some Thanos level used-the-stones-to-kill-the-stones shit
Vira, that’s funny.
I guess the correct plural is virii or viruses?
(Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
That’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English
or just don’t mess with the bats?