Why Do Bats Carry So Many Diseases? (like Coronavirus)

Опубликовано 4 августа 2014, 16:04

Nipah. Hendra. Ebola. Marburg. SARS. All of these nasty pathogens have surfaced in humans in just the last 50 years, and they are all carried by bats.

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Video Concept and Writing: Kate Yandell
Created by Henry Reich
Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, Kate Yoshida, and Henry Reich
Music by Nathaniel Schroeder: soundcloud.com/drschroeder
Narrated by Emily Elert

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