What's paralysing thousands of rainbow lorikeets? Scientists search for the cause as volunteer carers are overwhelmed

A mystery paralysis syndrome is afflicting lorikeet populations in south-east Queensland and northern NSW at a rate scientists say they have never seenDr Tim Portas pulls the patient from a cardboard box, wraps him in a towel and touches a cotton bud on his eye to see if he can blink.Patient number 1,433,093 is one of about 3,500 Rainbow lorikeets that have come into the RSPCA's wildlife hospital near Brisbane since the beginning of the year with a mystery paralysis.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...