January 2020: a virus has broken out in Wuhan which is thought to have a zoonotic origin. The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 is believed to have spilled over from bats to humans, and through another intermediary host; pangolins. While scientists debate the extent of the world’s most trafficked mammals’ role, on the other side of the planet, in the Namibian bushveld, the ...