Bats

A study of virus spillover from bats to other animals in Australia could have significant implications for the prevention of future pandemics.

A viral clip of the winged mammals flying from the Cueva de Los Murciélagos near Monterrey, Mexico, was shared to Reddit, having been filmed in 2020.

To mark Halloween, Ring has shared footage of some of the most terrifying critters ever spotted on a doorbell camera, and it doesn't make for relaxing viewing.

"It was Ndakasi's sweet nature and intelligence that helped me to understand the connection between humans and [other] great apes," the caretaker said.

The message from the SS Mesaba never reached the Titanic's captain. Six years later, the merchant vessel was torpedoed by a German U-boat.

Experts believe the school is dealing with Mexican free-tailed bats seeking shelter from recent weather.

Researchers have discovered that a virus originally found in Russian bats, which is related to SARS-CoV-2, may be capable of infecting human cells.

There have been 35 cases of Langya virus across two provinces in China and it is unclear whether it is treatable.

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"That's not an attic. That's a belfry!!!" one TikToker commented at the sight of the colony in the roof space.

"We were shocked and amazed at the timing, skill, speed and accuracy," David White, who shot the footage, told Newsweek.

The poisonous noble false widow spider was found to have captured two bats of a protected species in a residential attic.

"It's nature and nature can be brutal sometimes," snake catcher Bryce Lockett told Newsweek.

One woman got the fright of her life when a live flying mammal suddenly dropped next to her, and footage of the incident has been spreading online.

The CDC wants to raise awareness of the risks of rabies after three people died from the disease between September and November 2021.

One of the victims refused the vaccine while the other two deaths did not receive treatment since they believed the bat bite didn't break their skin.

Although the man didn't think he had been bitten or scratched, he did come into close contact with an infected bat, authorities said.

The child from Medina County was bitten by a bat, which is one of many potential carriers of the virus.

"Rabies has the highest mortality rate of any disease," Dr. Ngozi Ezike from the Illinois Department of Public Health said.

A colony of bats was later discovered in the man's Illinois home, and he refused treatment despite the warnings.

Footage of the bizarre up-close animal encounter has been watched more than 4 million times on TikTok.

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The video documented the bats beginning their nightly flight out of the building, and has been viewed over six million times.

The journey by the female Nathusius' pipistrelle bat, which weighed eight grams and was the size of a human thumb, was described as "remarkable."

The footage, said to have been taken from inside a Wuhan lab, was unearthed by a team of self-described "underground detectives" who say they are dedicated to exposing the origins of COVID-19.

Tova Ferris told Newsweek she had never seen "anything like this" before.

"Could a Chinese lab worker have gotten infected or inadvertent leakage have touched off the outbreak in Wuhan?" the Washington Post editorial board asked.

I have worked with bats in disease hotspots in Southeast Asia, Western Asia, and Eastern Africa. These hotspots can facilitate the transmission of a pathogen into humans, potentially sparking the next pandemic.

Rabies is a fatal but preventable viral disease that infects the central nervous system of mammals.