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> only flying mammals A bit misleading to use the term "only" here, as there are over 1000 species of bats and they make up almost one quarter of all identifie

• pengaru 5y ago
  Are there species of bats this [0] doesn't apply to? If not, it's an irrelevant level of detail for this context. [0] https://get21stnight.com/2020/03/30/why-do-we-keep-getting-diseases-from-bats/ https://get21stnight.com/2020/03/30/why-do-we-keep-getting-d...
  • qqtt 5y ago
    Not all species of bats are studied in the same detail. Again, there are over 1000 different species of bats, and when it comes to the internal immune system they can have large differences between species. Focusing on internal temperature during flight[0], there can be swings between species as drastic as "this would be a life threatening fever in a human" to "this counts as hypothermia in a human". [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012789/