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Covid-19 to bats. >> emerging infectious diseases can go both ways. 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 humans are currently potentially the bigger threat to bats. theres a bridge. between ideas and inspiration, trauma and treatment. gained a couple of more pounds. thats good for the babies. between the moments that make us who we are, and ...

For many of us, when we think of bats, we think of one thing. rabies. the threat of that virus is often misunderstood. >> it is not very common for americans to get rabies. >> dylan george is a former white house adviser for biological threat defense. >> in any given year theres anywhere from zero to one to two people might get infected from rabies in bats or potentially from foxes or raccoons or skunks. >> rabies has actually been around 2,000 years. for most of that time, if you got it, it was...

They have a very unique relationship with pathogens generally. they have a unique biology and it allows them to co-exist in different ways. >> there are various theories about why that is. it might have to do with how long bats have been around. >> bats are an ancient species. they have been on planet earth a long time and that means theyve had a long history of being exposed and adapting to viruses in nature. >> another theory involves their body temperatures. >> a lot of people have come up wi...

In north america alone there are 46 different species of bats. most of which are small insect eating varieties like the big brown bat and the little brown bat.

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Face like that, theyre using their wings as built-in blanket. >> he is part of a larger movement that has been taking place in the last three decades in the united states, teaching people why these creatures should be protected, not feared. >> were all here for one purpose and one target and one direction. thats to help these animals. to help people understand why they need our assistance. theyre so much like us. they are different looking, different colors, different sizes, different shapes, di...

Have come from bats. sars, marburg, ebola. so what is it about these creatures and the way they spread pathogens that can be so dangerous? >> the fact bats are carrying viruses is not in and of itself extraordinary. every animal has its normal suite of viruses and bacteria that it normally carries. people do as well. we carry viruses, bacteria, the majority are benign or beneficial, some of which cause disease. it is the fact that bats do tend to carry a higher proportion of viruses that have th...

In charge of mammology, at the museum of natural history. >> why are bats nocturnal? >> well, the thought is that actually, the ancestors of all mammals are all nocturnal. small animals scurrying around in the age of dinosaurs. it gave them access to resources that other animals like dinosaurs couldnt use. so bats basically never gave up that lifestyle. whereas the ancestors of us, primates, gave up the nocturnal lifestyle to be diurnal. >> but working at night it helps the bats how? >> if you t...

Jumper cable and just went for a run. its incredible what these mothers do. >> thats a visual that will be with me for a while, dan. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. its not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. thats when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research show...

It became sars kv 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. what it tells us is where the virus probably came from, it means sars covid 2 probably came from bats and probably southern china. >> wuhan is 1,000 miles away from the southern sub tropical ...