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I thought they had just a more tolerant immune system than other mammals so they don't overreact to infections and is a carrier for all sorts of viruses ???. I
by tibbydudeza 5y ago
I thought they had just a more tolerant immune system than other mammals so they don't overreact to infections and is a carrier for all sorts of viruses ???.
If you can't fly - you can't eat - die.
- inglor_cz 5y agoI think this is still an area of active research. Bats don't seem to get cancer much, which might be another indication of overall efficiency of their immune systems. Where 'efficiency' means 'preventing negative outcomes to the animal'. In case of rabies, it might translate to not overreacting to the virus, or possibly having body temperature that inhibits the virus naturally. Bats are strange creatures and we know much less about them than, say, about mice. They inhabit a very different world.