Why Bats Carry Deadly Diseases

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Bats have a bad reputation for carrying nasty diseases—and biology has a reason for this! While it's certainly not their fault, there is actually a lot we can learn from their unique immune systems. Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow all about these adorable and potentially dangerous critters! COVID-19 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6IQediwz2GzMTNvm_dMzr47 ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Sources: http://www.plosone.org/doi/pone.0001676 https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icw115 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9542147 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0912613107 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1230835 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48427-3_1 https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/936486 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29807-6_136 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805417-8.00005-6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565025/ https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2012.13659 https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3164734 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cotox.2017.11.001 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031067 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16722332 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu

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