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You don't need to actually consume bats to have the viruses transmitted across species. Bat droppings could contaminate/infect some intermediary animal.
by fspeech 7y ago
You don't need to actually consume bats to have the viruses transmitted across species. Bat droppings could contaminate/infect some intermediary animal.
- hanniabu 7y agoCould you get sick from the air if you were in a cave full of bats with the virus?
- krajzeg 7y agoFrom what I read, the viruses live in the intestine in bats. So no, only through consumption of bats themselves or contact with their excretions.
- rjsw 7y agoIf their excretions create an aerosol then you could breath it in.
- tyfon 7y agoIf I were to guess I'd say it is from collecting guano to use as fertiliser. This practice is quite common and used to be so common that there is an expression in Norwegian for something selling very well, "Det selger som hakka møkk" [1], which means "It is selling like chopped shit". [1] https://www.sprakradet.no/svardatabase/sporsmal-og-svar/som-hakka-mokk/ https://www.sprakradet.no/svardatabase/sporsmal-og-svar/som-... (Norwegian)
- blackrock 7y agoWho would’ve thought those cute little bats could be so deadly to humans. We’ve grown up too fond of The Batman.
- fspeech 7y agoBats naturally have high body temperature from flying. This likely make them more resistant to viral infection, which turns them into carriers. https://www.livescience.com/44870-bats-viruses-flight.html https://www.livescience.com/44870-bats-viruses-flight.html