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Its a place that is undergirded by a lot of the racial tensions and an equality that will shape her viewpoint in the world. >> this is where dr. king went in, was defeated. the poverty and racism in chicago is so prow found that even dr. king cant move it an inch. >> i have never seen even in mississippi and alabama mobs as hostile and hateful as in chicago. >> chicago is a place where politicians are corrupt and idealists go to get defeated. i think americans forget she grew up in the middle of...

>> yes. theyre really a critical, key component. for instance, insect-eating bats, because they consume so many insects, they play a large role in controlling insect populations. >> a normal-size bat can eat up to 500 to 1,000 mosquitos in an hour. mosquitos that might be carrying diseases like zika, dengue, or malaria. if youre in an area where there are a lot of mosquitoes and you see bats at night, you should be thankful for those bats. >> absolutely. >> and all that insect eating translates ...

At night. >> bats are unique mammals. though structurally in some ways theyre similar to humans. so bats have four limbs, two of them are attached to the wings. >> two of them are the wings. >> are the wings, okay. >> yes. they have all the same bones that humans do. in the upper arm, the forearm, theres two bones, wrist bones. then the bones that support the end of the wing are long finger and hand bones. >> bats living and eating habits vary widely across the 1,421 species that exist. theres s...

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The bronx zoo ogling these often feared and reviled creatures. >> the stigma attached to bats was horrible and i felt like the animal that i was seeing in person was not matching the description that people were giving me. around the world, bats are a sign of good luck, fertility, growth, everything you can think of. bats are usually the opposite of what theyre considered here in america. >> as an adult, the batman became the showman as the lead singer of the 80s glam metal band rocks. >> it was...

Most of which are small insect-eating varieties like the big brown bat and the little brown bat. but in the southeastern parts of the united states, in particular in texas, theres an abundance of one species. the mexican free-tailed bat. the bracken cave outside san antonio is believed to be home to the single largest colony of bats in the world. >> every year during the spring and summer, i think there are something like 30 million bats in this cave in the summer. >> in the cave? >> in the cave...

World to pursue and achieve your own dreams. >> announcer: the following is a cnn special report. bats throughout human history seem to have this image as evil, dark and dangerous. they seem to have got this bad impression in our cultures. theres definitely something odd about them. but just because theyre odd doesnt mean theyre bad. bats are actually quite fascinating animals. the more you get to know them, the more fascinating they are. the more social creatures you see them become. and some...

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They carry, and unfortunately, right now, its very strange. weve probably got a bat virus thats killing people. ♪ good evening. im anderson cooper. when covid-19 first surfaced at the end of 2019, scientists around the world wanted to know where it came from and how this deadly virus ended up in humans. although answers are not certain, it seems likely the coronavirus originated in bats. bats are diverse and ancient creatures, and theyve been on earth longer than we have. despite that, there...

One of the big problems in europe and the u.s. used to be wild rabid dogs. >> ancient medical experts developed a lot of odd ideas about how you would cure rabies. they used to believe that one way to stop rabies from killing you was to take a hair from the tail of the rabid dog and insert it into the bite wound, and this is the origin of the phrase "hair of the dog" which we talk about in the context of hangover treatment. >> then along came louis pasteur in the mid-19th century. hed been worki...