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They're similar to humans. so bats have four limbs, two of them are attached to the wings. >> two of them are the wings. >> okay. >> yes. they have all the same bones that humans do. the upper arm, the forearms, the wrist bones, and then the bones that support the end of the wing are long finger and hand bones. >> bats' living and eating habits vary widely across the 1,421 species that exist. there are some that roost in trees, others in leaves, leaves, some in caves. some bats eat insects, others, fruit or even fish and frogs. these species, some of them are living right next on each other. >...

That bounces back to create a mind map of their surroundings. their often oversize ears also help. some 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 spend their whole lives pretty much alone. other bats will mate for life. you have some species where there is a male and a harem of females. he gets to mate with all of them but they have their own likings in mind so they'll sometimes cheat with nearby males from other colonies. there's a whole soap opera going on with bats when it comes to matin...

Been plummeting all because of an outbreak they've been fighting of a disease called white nose syndrome. >> it is a cold loving fungus that grows on the bat when the bats are hibernating in the wintertime. unfortunately this has affected in the order of of a dozen different species of north american bats. in some cases, populations have declined over 90%. >> that's huge. >> yes. it is a terrible let the to bats and ironically, it is a disease that we brought to bats. the fungus that causes this disease is identical to fungus that naturally occurs in europe. the thought is it was accidentally ...

♪ good evening. i'm 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 they've been on earth longer than we have. despite that, there is still a lot we don't know. tonight we take a look at this enigmatic animal and dig into the mystery of covid-19. in the last 20 years, some of the deadliest virus outbreaks

>> 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 as hangover treatment. >> then along came louis pasteur, he had been working on a vaccine for years and eventually tried to try on it a young boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog. the vaccine worked. >> most of the cases in the united states do come from bats. but the risk is low. s...