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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello. Your minute begins now.
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2 .Humans are not the only primates ravaged by the deadly Ebola virus.
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3 .Chimps and gorillas are also susceptible to the disease.
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4 .The current Ebola epidemic, the biggest in human history, may have started with the butchering of an infected fruit bat.
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5 .But it just as easily could have come from a chimpanzee, found dead in the forest and eaten by people who cannot afford to pass up free meat.
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6 .It would not be the first time.
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7 .Ebola has killed thousands of great apes.
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8 .Some 95 percent of gorillas who become infected, die.
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9 .Several previous outbreaks of Ebola in central Africa stemmed from dead gorillas or chimps found in the forest and butchered for food.
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10 .All it takes to start an epidemic is infected blood getting in a person's eye, mouth or open wound.
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11 .That's why veterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other conservation organizations may prove to be the front line for defending humans against Ebola.
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12 .Like their physician counterparts, vets are hoping to develop a vaccine, perhaps to be administered orally.
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13 .At the very least, monitoring Ebola outbreaks in apes could provide early warning for potential human outbreaks.
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14 .By saving the apes we may be saving ourselves.
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15 .Your minute is up, for Scientific American 60-Second Earth. I'm David Biello.
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