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Bats In The News

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By Linda Martinson

Bats are in the news these days as the natural hosts of the virus SARS-CoV-2 causing Covid-19. Hundreds of coronaviruses have been found in several bat and bird species, and sometimes they are the source of a particular zoonotic disease that can jump from animals to humans. These zoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, are fairly common accounting for 60 percent of known infectious diseases and 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases. Covid-19 is an infectious zoonose that is particularly dangerous because it is persistent and highly contagious, but there is no current threat of coronavirus transmission by bats in the United States. 

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Inspiration, Outings

Our May Event Virtually!

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Our members may recall that our May outdoor event was planned as a hike led by Dave Ellum, the Dean of Land Resources and Professor of Forestry at Warren Wilson College.  Although with the pandemic continuing our outdoor events remain cancelled until further notice, it turns out that Dave has posted some virtual hikes on YouTube that are pretty interesting.  Here are some links to the ones he’s posted so far:

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