#BATS

Doing what I was born to do, which is write about bats I missed a meeting because I forgot what time it was because I was writing too much about

SJ. Puechmaille

Bats_Chiroptera

Some people say "#SARSCoV2 comes from bats". The estimated time of divergence for SARS-CoV-2 and RaTG13 (the closest 'relative' know from #bats) is 1969 (95% HPD: 1930-2000). So in other

Give Bats A Break

VAMPIRE BAT MATHHow many vampire bats would it take to kill a human? The thread nobody asked for but everyone is getting anyway. (HINT: it will probably never, ever happen)

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If I can give you all one single advice you must follow from my days in animal control, it’s DO NOT PICK UP BATS DEAD OR ALIVE. DO NOT TOUCH

Wanna hear my wild theory about the Wuhan lab bats? Cuz I have a good one. If you’ve been reading my bestie’s column’s you’d know that @jimgeraghty has done a

Jubal E. Harshaw

"Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in Yunnan – funded by a

#Covid_19 came from #bats#Ebola came from #bats#Rabies came from #bats#Marburg came from #batsHendra virus came from #batsWHY BATS?Debora Mackenzie sets out an answer in her book on COVID-19 (read on

@adamhousley There is one other weird thing about this that points to an accident at a lab. The bats that this virus came from and pangolins do not live in

People keep saying COVID-19 is a 'black swan' event - completely unexpected. Then there's this, from 2013 by @kakape: "This shows, that right now in China, there are bats carrying

Sudha Ramen IFS 🇮🇳

This is thread on BATs!Would rather say it is really important to know abt Bats in today's context.Most of us may not like this animal, for many reasons. Keeping aside

Doing a rewatch. Top annoying things about Bats vs. Supes are still:1. Bats using guns2. Gotham and Metropolis being right next to each other3. MarthaAlso someone has a thing for

64 chiropterologists (those who study bats) frm 6-SouthAsian countries debunk myths nd present 7-points tht clarifies: #BATS do nt spread #Covid_19 nd ask2 #StopVillainizingBats #bat4bats@ParveenKaswan@susantananda3 @rameshpandeyifs@SudhaRamenIFS Fol

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Anyway October is the PERFECT TIME to remind everyone to not buy bat mummies, bones, etc. 99% of them are imported from Asia, unsustainably collected for the oddities trade. Unless

The Dirty Truth (Josh)

A scientist from the Wuhan center of disease in control was out collecting samples from bats. China pulled a report that said the #CoronaVirus didn’t start at the wet market.

Jamin G. Wieringa

1/5 #WBTC1 #MoveEco1 Part of my PhD in @EEOBatOSU with @GibbsLabOSU and @bryanccarstens on #bats. While wind energy (WE) is beneficial, we need to consider its impact on wildlife like

All available evidence suggests the coronavirus originated in bats and was not a “laboratory construct”, World Health Organization spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told a briefing in Geneva Tuesday. WHO: “all available