Galapagos tortoise Hugo will finally meet his long-distance girlfriend as wildlife teams fly his mate over from the other side of the world.
In the next few weeks Estrella the 21-year-old tortoise will be flown from Germany to her new home at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby on the New South Wales Central Coast.
After undergoing three months of quarantine, Estrella will then be able to meet Hugo, 70, for the first time with reptile keepers hopeful the pair will eventually mate.
The couple were supposed to be united in 2019 but due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic their plans for romance were put on pause.
A 2013 study of anaphylaxis fatalities in Australia found, unlike food allergies, reactions to bee stings were not increasing.
However, despite immunotherapy for bee sting allergies being available for about four decades, Canberra clinical immunology and allergy specialist Dr Raymond Mullins, who co-authored the study, said too few receive appropriate treatment.
Immunotherapy works by introducing small amounts of the allergen to the body over a period of time, eventually reducing the bodyâs response when exposed.
Researchers found, between 1997 and 2013, half of the people who died from bee stings were known to be allergic.
Bees are responsible for the highest number of venomous hospitalisations and deaths in Australia.
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