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Face like that, they're using their wings as built-in blanket. >> he is part of a larger movement that has been taking place in the last three decades in the united states, teaching people why these creatures should be protected, not feared. >> we're all here for one purpose and one target and one direction. that's to help these animals. to help people understand why they need our assistance. they're so much like us. they are different looking, different colors, different sizes, different shapes, different importances, different jobs that they do and i keep going back to, that is really what i...

Have come from bats. sars, marburg, ebola. so what is it about these creatures and the way they spread pathogens that can be so dangerous? >> the fact bats are carrying viruses is not in and of itself extraordinary. every animal has its normal suite of viruses and bacteria that it normally carries. people do as well. we carry viruses, bacteria, the majority are benign or beneficial, some of which cause disease. it is the fact that bats do tend to carry a higher proportion of viruses that have the ability to infect people. the question is really, why do we see some of these incredibly bad virus...

In charge of mammology, at the museum of natural history. >> why are bats nocturnal? >> well, the thought is that actually, the ancestors of all mammals are all nocturnal. small animals scurrying around in the age of dinosaurs. it gave them access to resources that other animals like dinosaurs couldn't use. so bats basically never gave up that lifestyle. whereas the ancestors of us, primates, gave up the nocturnal lifestyle to be diurnal. >> but working at night it helps the bats how? >> if you think about what the animals are that are active in the air, during the day, it's birds. and by bein...

Jumper cable and just went for a run. it's incredible what these mothers do. >> that's a visual that will be with me for a while, dan. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every day and get to and stay undetectable can no longer trans...

It became sars kv 2. the virus that calls covid-19. called covid-19 because it emerged in 2019. the new coronavirus was 96.2% similar to a virus taken from a horseshoe bat in 2013. so what does that mean exactly? >> well, 96% is a different virus. so it's a bit like the difference between us and chimpanzees. what it tells us is where the virus probably came from, it means sars covid 2 probably came from bats and probably southern china. >> wuhan is 1,000 miles away from the southern sub tropical regions of hunan province, where dr. xi says the coronaviruses have the greatest risk of jumping fr...