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>> some bat species actually 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 co-exist with pathogens in different ways. >> there are various theories about why that is. it might have to d...

In bracken cave, in north america, over the last decade and a half, bat populations have been plummeting, all because of an outbreak they've been fighting of a disease called white nose syndrome. >> it's a cold-loving fungus that grows on the bat when the bats are hibernating in the wintertime. and unfortunately, this has affected something on the order of a dozen different species of north american bats. in some cases populations have declined over 90%. >> really? that's huge. >> it's huge. yes. it's a terrible threat to bats. and ironically, it's a disease that we brought to bats. the fungus...

Some bats eat insects, others fruit or even fish and frogs. these species, some of them are living right next on each other. >> absolutely. one square mile of rain forest in for instance the brazilian amazon could have 100 species of bat. >> the smallest bat in the world, it is this tiny thing in thailand that weighs less than a penny. and the biggest bat in the world has more than a six-foot wing span. there is a bat that lives in the cloud forests of ecuador that has the longest tongue of any mammal. this thing has a tongue that is 1 1/2 times the length of its body. if you stick your arm st...

Wearing a mask, washing your hands. sacrifice those things now. you have the power to protect the ones you love. - [narrator] as many of the nation's most trusted hospitals, we all know this. the science has not changed. masks slow the spread of covid-19. every one of our healthcare professionals is asking you to do one very simple thing. let's keep it up. let's mask up. (solemn orchestral music ends) in north america alone there are 46 different species of

One of the big problems in europe and the u.s. used to be wild rabid dogs. >> ancient, you know, 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. he'd been working on a vaccine for years and eventual lly decid to try it out on a young boy who had be...