Nigeria, March 19 -- The influencer might be defined as a modern, junked cretin of arrested moral and ethical capacity - with specific skills. Such an individual, for instance, is often able to use technological platforms with aptitude for two mundane purposes: to manipulate the gullible and rake in the cash. The essence of this effort lies in the technology. Drone drumming feeds, instant imaging, updates on the guff and drivel of a visit (probably false) to some venue or location, a product's claimed merits (almost certainly false) and some scientific proposition (absolutely false).

Sam Jones, who claims to be such an influencer and a wildlife biologist and environmental scientist to boot, thought it wise to pick up a young wombat, ther...