Virus hunters By catching bats researchers hope to stop the next pandemic
Don't show me this message again✕ Kirk Taray holds onto a bat that was caught on a mist net as Ryan Llamas holds up a torch during field work at Mount Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna province, Philippines (Reuters) Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits race to untangle the claws and wings of bats caught up in a big net after dark in the Philippine province of Laguna. The tiny animals are carefully placed in cloth bags to be taken away, measured and swabbed, with details logged and saliva and faecal matter collected for analysis before they are returned to the wild.
Source: independent.co.uk