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Wild, rabid dogs. >> medical experts developed a lot of odd ideas about how you would cure these. they used to believe that one way to stop rabies from killing you is 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 hang over treatment. >> the vaccine worked. >> most of the cases in the united states do come from bats but the risk is low. so, unless you see a bat behaving strangely, moving around during the day in a runny way, more than likely the bat won't be a risk to an

Decade and a half bat populations have been plummeting because of an outbreak they have been fighting of a disease called white nose syndrome. >> a fungus that grows on the bats when they hi ber nate in the winter time and unfortunately it affected on the order of a dozen different species and in some cases populations declined over 90%.an different species and in some cases populations declined over 90%. the fungus that causes the disease is identical to fungus that naturally occurs in europe. the thought is that it was brought over by people and accidentally introduced to bat caves. >> while...

Fors it resemblence to the former hair style of lance bass. >> there is the honduran white bat that looks like a cotton ball. then you have really weirdly ugly bats like wrinkle faced bats. i like the ugly bats more than the cute bats. >> blood feeding bats or vampire bats exist but only about.2% of all bat species. they live in central and south america and prey on birds, pigs and cattle. >> vampire bats sneak up on a cow and put their face against the cow and has heat sensors on their nose. they shave the area with their

Location in which they emit sound from their nose or mouth and listen for the echo that bounces back to create a map of their surroundings. their oversized ears also help. some have such sensitive hearing they can detect the sound of an insect landing on a leaf. >> it depends on the species. some bats spend their lives alone. others will mate for life. some where he gets to mate with all of them. but they have their own sort of likings in mind. they will sometimes cheat with nearby males from other colonies. there is a whole soap opera going on with bats. bat mothers are excellent mothers. ima...

Into the mystery of covid-19. in the last 20 years some of the deadliest virus outbreaks came from bats. sars. marburg. ebola. what is it about the way they spread pathogens and how they are so dangerous. >> every animal has it normal suite of viruses and bacteria it normally carries and people do as well. we carry viruses and bacteria. some of which cause disease. it is the fact that bats tend to carry a higher proportion of viruses that have the ability to affect people. the question is why we see some of the incredibly bad viruses coming out of bats. >> it was 7:00 p.m. on december