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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...

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>> nancy simmons is the curator in charge of mammalogy at the american museum of natural history. >> why are bats nocturnal? >> well, the thought is that actually, the ancestors of all mammals were probably nocturnal. small animals sort of 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, at some point gave up the nocturnal lifestyle to be...

For many of us, when we think of bats, we think of one thing. rabies. the threat of that virus is often misunderstood. >> its 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 for 2,000 years. for most of that time if you got it it was...

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 of them are actually really beautiful. but bats do carry the viruses they carry and unfortunately, right now, it is 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 ...

Bats have food in their mouths when theyre trying to echo locate and it is hard to shout when you have food in your mouth. so they hum their echo-location. that weird flap actually points echo location sound where they want it to go. >> most bats navigate and hunt for food in the dark using echo location in which they emit sound from their nose or mouth and then listen for the echo that bounces back to create a mind map of their surroundings. their often oversize ears also help. some have such s...

Viruses are happily existing in a wild animal in the middle of a forest. when people encroach on that environment, were creating opportunity for a bat virus to get into people. ♪ come on! ♪ over here! ♪

In fact, no north american bats are known to have covid-19. 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. introducing...stocks by the slice from fidelity ...

So theyll sometimes cheat with nearby males from other colonies. theres a whole soap opera going on with bats when it comes to mating. by the way, bat mothers are excellent mothers. imagine having a baby that weighed a quarter of what you weighed, and then the baby holds on to the mothers nipple with its teeth while she flies around. so like i weigh about 200 pounds. and the equivalent would be if i took a 50-pound weight and put it on my nipple with a jumper cable and just went for a run. its i...