how can bats be hosts to a range of deadly viruses without getting sick?
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As with many diseases, bacteria and virus alike, they are adapted to a specific host. When that disease hops species boundaries, they are not adapted to that species and cause a slew of issues.
Many of humanity’s most deadly diseases are not human diseases, but are from other animals. This is because we are so closely intertwined with animals such as cows and sheep it makes it easier for things normal to them to infect us.
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