2014-08-04
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Nipah. Hendra. Ebola. Marburg. SARS. All of these nasty pathogens have surfaced in humans in just the last 50 years, and they are all carried by bats.
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Video Concept and Writing: Kate Yandell
Created by Henry Reich
Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar, Kate Yoshida, and Henry Reich
Music by Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder
Narrated by Emily Elert
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Mass extinctions, biodiversity and mitochondrial function: are bats ‘special’ as reservoirs for emerging viruses? (2011): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879625711001325
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Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture. (2011). http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/16441323/226771198/name/Economic_Importance_of_Bats_in_Agriculture.pdf
Concerns about extrapolating right off the bat, (2011). http://www.uvm.edu/giee/pubpdfs/Fisher_2011_Science.pdf
Guinea: Government Bans Bat Soup to Halt Ebola Outbreak. (2014). http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/world/africa/guinea-government-bans-bat-soup-to-halt-ebola-outbreak.html?_r=0
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