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For bats, they have coronaviruses that they've adapted to, and they're totally fine. but you put them in a wet market situation, they get sick, they get stressed. they succumb, just like if you've worked too hard and you suddenly come down with that flu, the bats get overworked. >> sometimes with zoonotic spillover, there can also be an intermediary animal. so bats transmit to another species, then that species transmits to humans. in the case of covid-19, as of now, no one can say for sure how it ended up in people. >> all the evidence we have suggests this was a virus that originated in bats...

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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 species of bats have such sensitive hearing, they can detect the sound of an insect landing on a leaf. are bats social animals? >> it depends on the species. some bats spend their whole lives pretty much alone. other bats will mate for life. you have some species where there's a male and a harem of females, where he gets to mate with all of them. but they have their own likings in mind, so they'll sometimes cheat with nearby males f...

>> some migrate thousands of miles, and hence the viruses that they carry traffic along those migratory routes. >> and though some of the pathogens bats play host to can make them sick, like rabies, they also have the unique ability to host and withstand some viruses without getting sick. >> understanding how bats co-exist with diseases is very critical. bats have a very unique relationship with pathogens generally. they have a unique biology, and it allows them to coexist with pathogens in different ways. >> there are various theories about why that is. it might have to do with how long bats ...

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?