{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreigup7iihaqcp2iifcql63gh2zo5llyusfgpcss6rd4swx2m2hxd7y",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:7ltlvigjik37fxbx2bat4p22/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk4q4p4coj2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreiesi4se6edjc3n7hkx7iokp6ahr3qq2affes5b4bikcjynpxepzky"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "size": 89754
  },
  "path": "/biology/monkey-squirrel-mpox/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T13:13:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://refractor.io",
  "tags": [
    "Continue Reading",
    "Biology",
    "Science",
    "Orange Monkey",
    "Monkeys",
    "nature",
    "Virus",
    "Epidemiology"
  ],
  "textContent": "In January 2023, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health in Germany noticed that an infant monkey known as a sooty mangabey had developed reddish skin lesions across its forehead, chest, and legs. Within 48 hours, the animal was reported dead. Over the following weeks, nearly a third of the group's 80 members developed similar lesions, and four infants died. The outbreak was caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV).\n\nContinue Reading\n\n**Category:** Biology, Science\n\n**Tags:** Orange Monkey, Monkeys, nature, Virus, Epidemiology",
  "title": "A monkey ate the wrong squirrel – and started an outbreak"
}