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Covid-19 to bats. >> emerging infectious diseases can go both ways. 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 humans are currently potentially the bigger threat to bats. there's a bridge. between ideas and inspiration, trauma and treatment. gained a couple of more pounds. that's good for the babies. between the moments that make us who we are, and keeping them safe, private and secure, there's webex. ♪ ♪ beautiful.

For many of us, when we think of bats, we think of one thing. rabies. the threat of that virus is often misunderstood. >> it is not very common for americans to get rabies. >> dylan george is a former white house adviser for biological threat defense. >> in any given year there's anywhere from zero to one to two people might get infected from rabies in bats or potentially from foxes or raccoons or skunks. >> rabies has actually been around 2,000 years. for most of that time, if you got it, it was a death sentence. without treatment it is 99.99% deadly. one of the big problems in europe and the...

They have a very unique relationship with pathogens generally. they have a unique biology and it allows them to co-exist in different ways. >> there are various theories about why that is. it might have to do with how long bats have been around. >> bats are an ancient species. they have been on planet earth a long time and that means they've had a long history of being exposed and adapting to viruses in nature. >> another theory involves their body temperatures. >> a lot of people have come up with these sort of armchair solutions. like maybe it is because they fly and when they fly, their bod...

In north america alone there are 46 different species of bats. most of which are small insect eating varieties like the big brown bat and the little brown bat.

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