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Covid-19 to bats. > jef emerging infectious di can go both ways. we know other animals can get covid-19 like the tigers at the bronx zoo. >> most research involving handling of bats across the u.s. is on hold because humans are the potentially bigger threat to bats. ever since i got this little guy, i felt like i was just constantly cleaning up his hair. then, i got my paws on the swiffer sweeper. its a game changer. these heavy duty dry cloths pick up a crazy amount of hair! this is all you. w...

Getting sick. >> understanding how bats co-exist with disease is very critical. they have a unique relationship with pathogens generally. they have a unique biology and it allows them to co-exist with pathogens in different ways. >> various theories about why that is and it might have to do with how long bats have been around. >> they have been on planet earth for a long time, and that means they have had a long history of being exposed and adapting to viruses in nature. >> another theory involv...

That birds do, only they do it at night. >> bats are unique mammals and in some ways are similar to human. >> bats have four limbs. >> two of them are the wings. they have all of the same bones that humans do in the upper arms. and then the bones that support the end of the wing are long finger and hand bones. >> bats living and eating habits vary widely. there are some that roost in trees and others under leaves and some in caves. some bats eat insects. others fruit, fish, frogs. >> some of the...

Varieties. but in the southeastern parts of the united states and in particular in texas there is an abundance of one species. the bat is believed to be home to the single largest colony of bats in the world. >> every year during the spring and the summer there is like 30 million bats in the cave. in the cave in the summer. so many bats the local weather stations use their doppler radar and see the cloud of bats coming out and spreading out to catch insects. it takes hours for them. there are so...

Teeth. they lick the area to clean it. they make a little divot with their front teeth and they lick and they drink and they pee. it is completely creepy. >> a serial killer does that. >> vampire bats dont kill their victims but act like a mammal-sized parasite. >> i heard you say the weirdness of bats is interesting to you? >> it is a perfect example of that. take a bat with a weird flap ones it nose and you think that is just a strange looking adornment, a lot of bats have food in their mouths...

I weigh about 200 pounds. the equivalent if i took a 50-pound weight and went for a run. it is incredible what the mothers do. >> wow. that is a visual that will be with me for a while, dan. lls 99. and then, even after multiple touches, keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours. i trust microban 24 to keep killing bacteria for 24-hours. ♪

Bat virus that is killing people. when covid-19 first surfaced in 2019 scientists around the world wanted to know where it came from and how the deadly virus ended up in humans. the answers are not certain but it seems likely coronavirus originated in bats. bats are a diverse and ancient creature and have been on earth longer than we have. but still there is a lot we dont know. we look at this animal and dig

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We set up our 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 the well-being of the animals. oral swabs, fecal pellets, we collect blood and take measurements. >> they sampled caves all over southern china and took all of the samples back to the lab. >> it took the better part of eight years of consistent and persistent sampling and testing different populations around until we finally found the missing li...

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