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How are animals infected with viruses or
bacteria?

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If an animal hunts an animal and the prey has a virus the predator can get the virus leading the virus to spread.
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Answer:

I'll take a gander at your question

Step-by-step explanation:

A Virus that can infect an animal, is called a zoonotic virus

Let's give an example of, let's say, a predator

A Fox is hunting down a rabbit, the rabbit has a zoonotic virus, the fox kills the rabbit, eats the rabbit, then obtains the virus.

It's just like if a person were to eat an infected person, they'd contract the virus.

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