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Deadly white-nose syndrome is suspected of causing a 98% reduction in bat numbers in a cave near Zortman used for winter hibernation. Half of the remaining 40 bats showed visible

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Scientists believe covid-19 may have had its roots in a community of horseshoe bats in southeastern china. these particular bats represent a very small subset of horseshoe bats all named for the shape of their noses. there are actually dozens of varieties of horseshoe bats living in a number places, including the temperate and tropical regions of central europe, africa and asia. in fact, theres incredible diversity among bat species. bats can be found living all around the world, on every contin...

There was a match. its official name became sars cov 2. the virus that calls covid-19. called covid-19 because it emerged in 2019. the new coronavirus was 96.2% similar to a virus taken from a horseshoe bat in 2013. so what does that mean exactly? >> well, 96% is a different virus. so its a bit like the difference between us and chimpanzees. a different species of virus. but what it tells us, where the virus probably came from. it means that sars covid 2 probably came from bats, and probably in ...

Amazon, could have 100 species of bat. >> the smallest bat in the world, its this tiny thing in thailand that weighs less than a penny. the biggest bat in the world has more than a six-foot wing span. theres a bat that lives in the cloud forests of ecuador that has the longest tongue of any mammal. this thing has a tongue that is 1 1/2 times the length of its body. if you stick your arm straight out in front of you and imagine your tongue could touch your fingers, its three times that long, so i...

What species are in there. then what we do is set up nets outside and catch bats as they fly out in the evening and go back in the morning. >> we do everything we can to ensure the safety and well-being of the animals and we have a basic set of samples we collect. oral swabs, fecal pellets, blood. and we take measurements. >> over the course of eight months, they sampled caves all over southern china and then they took all these samples back to the lab. >> it really took the better part of eight...

Among bat researchers, there is a concern that humans will give covid-19 to bats. >> emerging infectious diseases can go both ways. right? we do know that some other animals can get covid-19. for instance, the tigers at the bronx zoo. >> for now, most research involving handling of bats across the u.s. has been put on hold, because currently humans are potentially the bigger threat to bats. want to sell the best burger in every zip code?

Then they make a little divot with their front teeth, and they put their jaw up against that hole, and they lick and they drink and they bee. its completely creepy. who else does that? >> ill tell you who else. a serial killer does that. however, vampire bats dont kill their victims. they just act like a mammal-sized parasite. ive heard you say that the weirdness of bats was scientifically interesting to you. >> the faces of bats is a perfect example of that. if you take a bat that has a weird f...

America, over the last decade and a half, bat populations have been plummeting all because of an outbreak theyve been fighting of a disease called white nose syndrome. >> its a cold-loving fungus that grows on the bat when the bats are hibernating in the wintertime. and unfortunately, this has affected something on the order of a dozen different species of north american bats. in some cases, populations have declined over 90%. >> really? thats huge. >> its huge, yes. its a terrible threat to bat...

In north america alone there are 46 different species of bats.