Curk, T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9082-6433
Rast, W.
Portas, R.
Shatumbu, G.
Cloete, C.
Schmidt, A.
Fickel, J.
Melzheimer, J.
Aschenborn, O.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
Article History
Received: 4 March 2024
Revised: 21 November 2024
Accepted: 1 March 2025
First Online: 19 March 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no financial or non-financial competing interests to declare.
: We confirm that we obtained the necessary permit to perform the study from the National Commission on Research Science and Technology, Namibia (permit number: RCIV 000 32018) and that the experiments comply with the current laws of the country. Note that a veterinarian was present during the catch and that the animals were healthy.
: The authors used ChatGPT to improve the language. After using the tool, the authors reviewed the manuscript and take full responsibility for the content of the publication.