TED-Ed
Why bats don't get sick - Arinjay Banerjee
2021 • E10 Jan 25, 2021 6m
Consider a bat that is infected with several deadly viruses, including ones that cause rabies, SARS, and Ebola. While this diagnosis would be lethal for other mammals, the winged wonder is totally unfazed, and may even spend the next 30 years living as if this were totally normal— because for bats, it is. So what’s protecting bats from these dangerous infections? Arinjay Banerjee investigates.
Lesson by Arinjay Banerjee, directed by Cabong Studios.
Lesson by Arinjay Banerjee, directed by Cabong Studios.