"Why do humans catch so many of our diseases?" -Bats

@5Genjoyer

4 жыл бұрын

@@euctrucker2488 Stop using this as an excuse to be racist. There have been 0 observed cases of direct zoonotic transfer from bats to humans. Every disease that originated in bats and wound up in humans has gone through an intermediary host. Currently, hypotheses of the intermediary species being pangolin for Covid-19 are being tested.

@Triskaan

4 жыл бұрын

@@5Genjoyer I agree with you but still, some societies need to ease down on the consumption of wild animals and pulling species together from ecosystems that should never get in contact.

@5Genjoyer

4 жыл бұрын

@@GSFigure No, you missed his other comment that was deleted. He was being overtly racists. Anyways, here's my source. I'll show you mine if you show me yours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893920300740?via%3Dihub

@mactireswolfstagandraven975

4 жыл бұрын

PS: all viruses mentioned are lab created viruses. Don't blame bats, blame HUMANS! Also, rabies... if outside and all of a sudden you are bitten by "the flash" seek help immediately! Bats are flying puppies. Let them be.

@5Genjoyer

4 жыл бұрын

@@mactireswolfstagandraven975 citation needed

Reminder that bats are also important for *preventing* disease spread by mosquito and other bugs

@YuBeace

4 жыл бұрын

Felix C good point! mosquitos are so dangerous, lil disease spreading pests they are...

@bo64625

4 жыл бұрын

reminder that mosquitos are also important for *preventing* disease aswell by killing people who might have other diseases

@rainpooper7088

4 жыл бұрын

Arthur You do know that stinging already sick individuals is how they pick up diseases, right? If that was supposed to be a joke, it lacks a punchline.

@sand2358

4 жыл бұрын

Arthur they suck not blow

@LindaGailLamb.0808

4 жыл бұрын

I also read an article somewhere about possums eating ticks, and being able to neutralize some of the diseases they carry. So maybe, more possums in the woods means less ticks to spread things like lyme disease. Too bad possums get a bad rap for looking like rats...

"Congratulations Sir on recovering from COVID-19. Any ideas why you didn't show any symptoms?" - "I am Batman."

@edsr164

4 жыл бұрын

Dourza it’s “because I am BATMAN!”

@lyrimetacurl0

4 жыл бұрын

Bats, the mammals we need, not the mammals we deserve.

@TonyNMD_

4 жыл бұрын

great

@clarenceboddicker6679

4 жыл бұрын

Over time Coronavirus eventually spread to many countries across the world but China had it right off the bat

@dellisaflavius1538

4 жыл бұрын

@@clarenceboddicker6679 Dad joke level: Master.

So they literally are life defying, other worldly, vampires.

@VictoriaSobocki

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing new!

@ericm7994

4 жыл бұрын

ya they are not from this world

@claireindigo1200

4 жыл бұрын

Nathan 😂😂😂😂😂

@ryuzaki-8483

4 жыл бұрын

But aren't vampires immune to diseases?

Bats - "Man, leave me alone, this is for your own safety" Humans - "No!"

@MrDoverfield

4 жыл бұрын

A fairly inaccurate dinosaur picture Chinese people: You dare challenge me mortals

@tackytaco8133

4 жыл бұрын

Human - " Let me put you in my mouth "

@TheAddictedBoy911

4 жыл бұрын

Chinese: no*

@Leon-mq8on

4 жыл бұрын

@Jamie Owns You need professional help.

@agh9224

4 жыл бұрын

Leonard can’t handle the truth?

This is why Bruce Wayne was so scared of bats as a child.

@WatchTLCCRMOFFICIAL

4 жыл бұрын

COVID-19 isn't from bats but a bio-weapon from the laboratory. The COVID-19 strain is a combination of HIV, SARS, Ebola, H1 flu and other virus strains. This is as unnatural as mixing a cow and human foetus together.

@DonHec

4 жыл бұрын

Samson Noah AAAAAaaaaand dafuq does CoVid-19 has to do with Batman? 🤣

@danielm6341

4 жыл бұрын

@@WatchTLCCRMOFFICIAL Poe's Law?

@sonnyjohnson934

4 жыл бұрын

Lol.bane mask city.

@AD-eq4kn

4 жыл бұрын

@@WatchTLCCRMOFFICIAL that's a rumor that is not true.

I'm glad you're reminding us of the good that bats do for our ecosystem and educating us about what we can learn from these mammals from a health prevention perspective rather than condemning them to be a threat to humans.

Meanwhile bats be saying, “Why the hell you so WEAK humans eh??”

@dorasmith7875

3 жыл бұрын

I want to show a bat who's weak!

@matttube9369

2 жыл бұрын

@Dora Smith Yes do it **Eats a bat, makes another pandemics for humans**

@EvilBandeez

2 жыл бұрын

@@matttube9369 Simple, cook it first, and if you get bitten get rabies shots.

The number of sources linked to below this video make me truly appreciate how much work the SciShow crew put into making these videos, and uploading them to KZread.

@1979hellcat

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Gibb I know! That list was a mile long! Great job guys!!

Best to teach bats to keep 6 feet of distance and to yell into their armpits. Job done.

@ShadowTheAge

4 жыл бұрын

And encourage them to work remotely

@abhiprakash74999

4 жыл бұрын

*into thier wings

@Zoykah

4 жыл бұрын

@@abhiprakash74999 so...wingpits?

@warlordofvideogameglitches

4 жыл бұрын

Bats: I'm blind unless i do echo communication at night.

@pastordonkoh7692

4 жыл бұрын

The solution is a simple *extermination of the Bat vermin*

“Mitochondria is the powerhouse”

@sandwhich14

4 жыл бұрын

Bruno Vazquez of the cell

@mmxxmxm

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandwhich14 🤣🤣🤣

Nobody: Every Stan who graduated high school: Mitochondria.... YoU MeaN ThE POWerHouSE OF ThE CeLL????

@LiTTLeDizZyUriNe

4 жыл бұрын

I thought this and then saw this comment. Lmao

@famoslyritch1

4 жыл бұрын

What stans? Science Stans?

@VictoriaSobocki

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@VictoriaSobocki

4 жыл бұрын

Larissa Osteen Stan from crashcourse

@davidschaftenaar6530

4 жыл бұрын

Stan is just teenspeak. Ignore it, it will go away if we just ignore it.

Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat being Poison/Flying makes a lot more sense now.

@brandonwilliams6119

4 жыл бұрын

Underrated Comment, also Rouge would be the most seductive way to get it since she’s the sex appeal of the Sonic series.

@199019852007

4 жыл бұрын

Got to catch them all

@SEAsia_RTS

4 жыл бұрын

@@199019852007 pokemon!

@sandwhich14

4 жыл бұрын

ironcommando2 Swoobat and Woobat are Psychic/Flying

@ironcommando2

4 жыл бұрын

@@sandwhich14 True, but Zubat, Golbat and Crobat are still the only Poison/Flying types in the entire series after 8 whole generations.

Me: I'm gonna eat this bat Bat: so you have chosen death

very concise, detailed meta-analysis about the relationship between bats and viruses. It's pretty hard to explain how bats can both dampen and trigger their immune system to keep their fighting mode active but far from overkill mode :> But Scishow did it neatly. Thanks for such great content!

I just realized that "Vampire bats are real vampires."

Bats: ... Scientists: "WHY ARE YOU ALIVE?"

@unclekanethetiberiummain1994

4 жыл бұрын

Interferons, son! They harden in response to viral infection. YOU CAN'T HURT ME, CORONAVIRUS!

@stephanietorricopaz1878

4 жыл бұрын

Bats: because i am awesome

@limiv5272

4 жыл бұрын

Because I'm bat, man!

@nurlindafsihotang49

4 жыл бұрын

Bat :" because i am the night! FEAR ME!" (squeak!)

@malkum77ify

4 жыл бұрын

Why? Because I'm Bat! Man!

I guess the cost of flight as a mammal is insane and that’s why bats are the only ones

@sonoancoralbar

4 жыл бұрын

The same could be said about our brains.

@JanitaShowaars

4 жыл бұрын

lorenzo agreed, “more money more problems”

@davidpavel5017

4 жыл бұрын

@@sonoancoralbar we're not the only ones with huge brains, a dolphins brain is pretty huge relative to its body, and they came from an entirely different lineage

@thehellyousay

4 жыл бұрын

Deeeerrrp

@sleekoduck

4 жыл бұрын

Bats have had 150-200 million years to perfect their genetic adaptations to flight.

Lesson to be learnt: leave those flying rats to their own devices... DO NOT EAT THEM...

@morwickchesterham3875

4 жыл бұрын

@coc0s exacto!!!

@asstonmartini6523

4 жыл бұрын

Dissect them for cures

@lindenstromberg6859

4 жыл бұрын

Depends whether or not they get some imitation stuff, the Beyond Bat, at the grocery markets.

@Daesarul

4 жыл бұрын

It would be scary if a bat you take care of came back from somewhere and it keeps coughing in your house

@MichaelLowerJr

4 жыл бұрын

They are not rats! The belong to to a group of mammals called chiroptera

Bats also have a high basal body temperature during flight leaving only certain viruses and bacteria to survive

Rule 1 - No eating bats Rule 2 - No bat farms or bats as pets Rule 3 - Stay away from bats

@thehellyousay

4 жыл бұрын

Visit beautiful downtown Louisville, Kentucky, home of the slugger...

@GygasDistruttore

4 жыл бұрын

Rule 4 - Splice humankind with bats

@phaserisclasic8825

4 жыл бұрын

I have a pet bat tho

@rjpena6273

4 жыл бұрын

Obstacle: bats are everywhere.

@brentboswell1294

4 жыл бұрын

Ever walked at night in the country? You will get circled by bats!

Answer: to motivate orphan boys to fight crime.

@ItachiRingo

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@wilconbarro3469

4 жыл бұрын

Of course

@limiv5272

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot billionaire

@Iamrightyouarewrong

4 жыл бұрын

Joker was an orphan.

@scylla8247

4 жыл бұрын

Thats a smart comment so far today

I love bats, they are so cute! In the summer when I go camping in the BC Canada interior, at night I look up at the sky and see shadows flying across, all the cute bats eating mosquitoes and other bugs.

Wow! Bats are a lot cooler than I ever imagined! PS - I'll be sure to NEVER have one as a pet or set up a bat house outside my home!

@proveritate1205

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a child, I had many of them as pets in a birdhouse

@mthrqpi9758

3 жыл бұрын

And then, you carried coronavirus 🤷‍♀ Edit: and also ebola,rabies, and other virus.

@chakaliedamma498

3 жыл бұрын

@@mthrqpi9758 lol

@imbispo6037

Жыл бұрын

This is so true! They get more amazing the more you look at them. From being one of the only 4 groups on earth's history to develop powered flight, to the diversity of being 1/4 of all mammal species, to amazing fascinating adaptations in amost every single espect of their anatomy, bats are incredible!

Bat: took hundreds of years to develop a very effective system that counters viral infections and diseases Virus: *it's free real estate*

@user-el4np5xt8c

4 жыл бұрын

@Marten Dekker yup millions will be a better approximation. Even thousands is little if there is no bottlenecking

@cathpalug1221

4 жыл бұрын

Virus : hippity hoppity this is my property

During this coronavirus pandemic, I'm glad this video is out to encourage a love for bats, not a hate for them.

@davidg.3406

4 жыл бұрын

And to remain me to fully cooked them for the soup...

@bikespj22

4 жыл бұрын

This video actually made me hate bats, and I liked them before. Did we watch the same video?

@abeham1078

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Jeffrey why would you hate bats. Just stay away from them and leave them alone. And encourage the same

@personalRCH

4 жыл бұрын

Just don't encourage people to make a 'Hatoful Batfriend' game. We do not need a resurgence of Twilight fans.

@pritsingh9766

4 жыл бұрын

What's bat's mistake if some Chinese people love to make their soup and spread the virus ? I hope Chinese people learn from this and stop eating anything that moves. Show me 1 bat who asked them to do so.

Don’t blame Bats for Corona Virus, Blame Humans.

@titaniumdioxides

4 жыл бұрын

blame the chinese?

@raven7146

4 жыл бұрын

Brandon Williams Exactly. I’m sick of people wanting to kill bats because of coronavirus

@brandonfoley7519

4 жыл бұрын

@GreaterGood510 the swine flu comes from Mexico America encompasses at least three countries That's your answer jackass

@willpoundstone71

4 жыл бұрын

ecofascist

@imsohandsome

4 жыл бұрын

@@brandonfoley7519 yeah stupid america accepting everyone from any county from asia to south america. Not surprised if they are always in the dire situations when these epidemics specially pandemics happen. The only kind of virus i know that came out of US is that influenza virus strain h1n1 which is the strain that caused spanish flu and seasonal flu. However, this day they have these diseases from AIDS to zika virus.

"Bats don't immediately get super cancer after their maiden flight" is a sentence I never thought I'd hear, and I'm a little shocked I DID hear it.

Me: *hears the word mitochondria* Me: *whispers* it's the powerhouse of the cell

@ameyas7726

4 жыл бұрын

Me: *whispers* Geek!

@teaunasanders166

4 жыл бұрын

I literallyjust did that lol

@ScandiNinja

4 жыл бұрын

One of the Best lines in Boyinaband song 😍 but yeah.

@sujan679

4 жыл бұрын

Only thing I learned in HS biology class lol

Bats are amazing animals which belong in the wild, not for sale in a crowded wet market.

@slappy8941

4 жыл бұрын

1950: "In the future we will have flying cars." 2020: "Should we eat bats or nah?"

@Jack-hi1hq

4 жыл бұрын

Bats are consumed in many cultures due to lack of money. It's the sad truth that many citizens in china cannot afford many types of more expensive meats, thus they resort to more exotic substitutes. Still though, you'd think we'd learn our lesson not to eat bats by now.

@Jack-hi1hq

4 жыл бұрын

@X X Why bring the term white privilege into this discussion? That's the thing about culture and palate, taste is subjective, anyone is entitled to find something distasteful. Just because someone isn't enlightened with the ways of every culture doesn't make them privileged. "White privilege" has nothing to do with this, so don't you dare turn it into that kind of discussion

HIV: *tries to get in a Bat-cell* Bat-cell: *reacts too quick* HIV: DOOR STUCK

@Sophia-hs3rz

4 жыл бұрын

teacher's pet ?

@brandonwilliams6119

4 жыл бұрын

Reacts too quick?

@dorasmith7875

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one covid got their brain!

Hooman: You'll die! Bat: But you're the one who'll get cancer, Gotcha! 🦇

@Siel-bm7gx

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@babulchetia5043

4 жыл бұрын

Cancer???

@JackFrostIsHere

4 жыл бұрын

Are you a virgin, Robeela?

@robeelakhan2261

4 жыл бұрын

@@JackFrostIsHere you sure *this* is the kind of question you ask a stranger?

@JackFrostIsHere

4 жыл бұрын

@@robeelakhan2261 yeah, dead sure. Cause you seem to have the mentality to make jokes similar to that of a kindergarten child

This is a gold-mine for vampire-fiction world building!!... You could explain away their physical strengths and immortality by bat or bat-like genes that protect from cell damage and support high power output... That could translate to super strength and immortality...

@katcel16

4 жыл бұрын

And something that drinks blood would likely have to have a supercharged immune system cause, ya know, blood borne diseases (presumably vampire bats have similarly super immune systems as other bats; granted, a lot of vampiric animals are arthropods, and arthropods don’t have as good of immune systems as vertebrates, but it seems like mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, lice etc. aren’t dying of disease very often, or at least not enough to limit reproduction because they’re sexually mature pretty quickly cause their lives are so short anyway, so I’m guessing that plays a part in why that doesn’t seem to matter too much to blood sucking arthropods...), and other predators, especially ones living in filthy conditions (like crocodiles; they pretty much NEVER have lethal infections, and even mild infections are super rare, their immune systems just annihilate pathogens) also have pretty good immune systems (or at least their saliva is antimicrobial to more of an extent than ours so that they can relatively safely eat raw, bloody meat). Also, not on the topic of immune systems, but another cool way to explain vampires’ abilities (immortality or at least drastically slowed aging (depending on the kind of vampire you’re going for in a story-undead or alive as it’s own species separate from humans) in particular, but also rapid healing) is that their cells are similar to cancer cells: they make a fuckton of telomerase (enzyme that lets your cell make telomeres, protective “caps” on chromosomes that get shorter and shorter each times cells divide which consequently leads to aging-cancer cells make a slot more telomerase, which keeps telomeres long despite all the cell divisions, and therefore makes cancer immortal. Seriously, canine venereal tumor disease is a *contagious cancer* in dogs (don’t worry; immunocompetent dogs can fight off the cancer in a few months and are then immune to it for life) that is at least 11,000 years old. Just the same tumor (albeit now it’s so old that there are genetic differences between tumors from dog populations in different parts of the world, but they all came from the same original tumor) being transplanted from canine to canine for over ten thousand years. Additionally, cancer cells reproduce FAST, so that could explain the quick healing that vampires have in most lore. Problem is cancer cells also need an exorbitant amount of energy, but vampire cells don’t have to be JUST like cancer cells (that wouldn’t really make sense, anyway), so you can ignore that part, haha. But yeah, this is actually something I’ve thought about for writing vampire stories (but I’m never gonna end up getting around to actually putting one on paper and finishing it d:), and something I'd really like to see someone play with, because how cancer cells work, but just tweaking it a bit (so that they can function properly as cells and not just take over everything and/or use up so much energy it’s impossible to keep up in a way that’s lethal), actually makes a really good explanation for how vampire physiology would be possible

@jimkluska253

4 жыл бұрын

Dude, write that book!

@KryptonKr

4 жыл бұрын

Kaylie Vaden there is a comicbook about morbius. I don’t know how similar it is but yeah

@TheRABIDdude

4 жыл бұрын

@@katcel16 You should write your book! But before you do, you seriously need to reign in your use of parenthesis XD I tend to overuse it too, but never to the point of using bracket-ception like that (at least not in writing meant to be read by other people). Have you also heard of the Tasmanian devil facial tumour? Aside from on the one in dogs, it's the only known contagious tumour in the world. Also, "Kurzgesagt - in a Nutshell" recently did a video about the cancer paradox of how massive animals like whales don't get cancer despite their enormormous cell count and extremely long lives. You might find that interesting for how a living being can potentially ignore cancerous tissues and live in spite of them.

@ColorAlterno

4 жыл бұрын

dude, you haven't heard of Morbius, the Marvel villain.. they did write about it and there's a movie coming

Bats: only mammal to fly Humans: flies with planes Bats: you have chosen virus

@smurfyday

4 жыл бұрын

He said self-powered flight, genius.

speaking of bats, in 2019, the bat used by babe ruth to hit home run 500 sold for 1 million dollars

@dapstewart

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@SinsOfOrigin

4 жыл бұрын

Which piece of it? lol

So im conclusion, if humans left bats 🦇 tf alone, we would’ve never caught these diseases. 😂

@cecegiles4583

4 жыл бұрын

Amongst other things

@theterrar3566

4 жыл бұрын

Chinese*

@redqueen8848

4 жыл бұрын

*Chinese people

@erlannderrantem6972

4 жыл бұрын

Not exactly right, since some Bats attack other animals spreading the pathogen on to us

@MrPenetroso

4 жыл бұрын

@@erlannderrantem6972 I'm not sure if vampire bat exists in China. I know they exist in Mexico.

"they might be the key to us living longer", I don't know man I don't think we need vampires being real

@vienlacrose

4 жыл бұрын

... Outside of the stock market, anyway...

@user-el4np5xt8c

4 жыл бұрын

Not like that.. I am pretty sure he meant we should eat them to get their abilities. /S

Humans: another disease? Why? Bats: allow us to introduce ourselves.

@sdfkjgh

4 жыл бұрын

Ice Bear: Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a Bat of wealth and taste. Been around for a long long year, Stole many a moth's soul and fate. I was 'round when _Scrotifera_ Had his moment of doubt and pain. Made damn sure that _Laurasiatheria_ Washed his paws and sealed his fate. Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name. But what's puzzling you is the nature or nurture of my game. Stuck around Pangaealand When I saw it was a time for a change. Extincted _Ferugliotherium_ _windhauseni_ screamed in vain! I flew on track, avoided becoming a snack While Pangaea broke and tectonic plates cracked. Pleased to meet you, hope you've got some time. But what's confusing you is just the cladistics of my line. I watched with glee while your kings and queens Fought over quarantines and economies. I shouted out "Who killed the dinosaurs?" When after all, it was a rock, mosquitoes and me. Let me please introduce myself, I'm a bat of renown and more. And I laid traps for health workers Who get killed before they find a cure. Pleased to meet you, hope you're one of my fans. But what's puzzlin' you is just the patagia of my hands. [Ultrasound solo] Pleased to meet you, want some Nova lox? Oh, and do you have any fruit for my cousin, Flying Fox? Just as every bird is a dinosaur, And all the humans apes, _Est quia caudae capitibus,_ just call me _Fledermaus,_ And I don't need no damn restraints! So if you meet me, have some courtesy, Have some sympathy, and some taste; Use all your well-learned politesse, Or I'll splash Corona in your face! Pleased to meet you, got any tasty bugs? I'm starvin', man, and I haven't eaten since I last fed on Doug (I am part Vampire Bat, don'chaknow.)

Thank you so much for the comprehensive science, a lot of other videos don’t explain as well as you do how bats’ immune systems work.

To SciShow, Thank you for using my publication as a source!

A bat flew into my face 17 years ago and I got really sick afterwards, probably with West Nile. It might have been a coincidence, but I have always suspected that the bat did it.

@hoshang747

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me more about it.

@AdithyanSylvester

4 жыл бұрын

www.cfsph.iastate.edu/FastFacts/pdfs/west_nile_fever_F.pdf

@ScottyGaines

4 жыл бұрын

Sleekoduck corona??

@sleekoduck

4 жыл бұрын

I was in the middle East at the time, West Nile would have been a possibility. As for the bat, it scared the beejeebers out of me. I'm not a fan of rats and mice, and bats are rats with wings as far as I am concerned. I felt contaminated from that thing touching my face.

@sleekoduck

4 жыл бұрын

@@AdithyanSylvester thanks! Yeah, I think I had encephalitis from it, I got really sick and my roommate thought I was dying. Meningitis is the most dangerous form.

THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

@hadenreed4073

4 жыл бұрын

Tiffany Zoe he rly avoided saying it haha

@EpicRenegade777

4 жыл бұрын

Any time someone brings up Mitochondria, i say this loudly in my head.

@Perdoct

4 жыл бұрын

Kill me

@APAstronaut333

4 жыл бұрын

K

@Keallei

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

Why are humans even eating bats to begin with?

@sharknadofartquake2449

4 жыл бұрын

Hell if I know I mean do they fugin taste like fried chicken even when just baked or what?

@ccz5674

4 жыл бұрын

Because poverty

@thedundunfreak1234

4 жыл бұрын

@Rumpel Felt India : Am I a joke to you?

@1pasupaty

4 жыл бұрын

Please.dont believe people that ur going to become batman just by eating a bat.ull become roast beef

@Yo1shadyfan

4 жыл бұрын

Haha these stupid comments, for perceived Aphrodisiac purposes.

Fantastic episode! Thank you for providing such great information.

When overclocked system with special cooling system also run _"super heavy application"_ with relatively small stuttering and freezing because their specifications, and then the *_super heavy application_* run in the "stock non-modified ordinary system with ordinary cooling system" The result is: *_freezing & stuttering_* even permanent damage (death)

@sreejithr4516

4 жыл бұрын

An pc perspective explanation😃😃

Whoever said one person can’t change the world, never ate an undercooked bat.

@babulchetia5043

4 жыл бұрын

Or try not eating a bat at all.

@slickdeezy2112

4 жыл бұрын

Best comment yet !!!

@rafaelkenny606

4 жыл бұрын

prepperskills don’t eat bats period

@Superbed2

4 жыл бұрын

People across the world have been eating bats and other animals for thousands of years it ain't going to stop lol. This is just a rare event

@JesusNOTreLIEgion

4 жыл бұрын

@@Superbed2 this is just a bioweapon that was either accidentally or intentionally let lose from the ONLY Lvl4 BioLab in ALL if China located in, you guessed it...Wuhan. Virus came from man eating bat.

I just opened the video and was shown an ad by a naturopathic "doctor" telling me how to beat cancer... 😬 is it possible for your channel to disable these nonsense ads?

@HelmutIsaacPadillaChavarria

4 жыл бұрын

you can block specific ads kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXed19SemMfKiKw.html

@WeatherManToBe

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had the same thing, yikes

So is this piece amazing. I had to watch several times just to catch it all. Thank you.

11/10 and I think II'll watch this a few more times. You've stimulated my aging brain.

The first half of this episode seemed like a non-stop barrage of "waith, there's more" as the bat-virus war turned more and more complex

@Dragrath1

4 жыл бұрын

Yep the fascinating thing about our universe is that the deeper you look at something the more and more complex it becomes seemingly without exception

@gingermcgingin1733

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dragrath1 If you go deep enough, you eventually reach the quantum mechanical level, & oh boy is that complicated.

@gingermcgingin1733

4 жыл бұрын

Magmagan Immunology is usually pretty complicated.

@personalRCH

4 жыл бұрын

*(ring)wraith

@cosmicwanderer891

4 жыл бұрын

This video actually made the subject as simple and easy as possible which can be understood even by elementary school students. Studying the university level academic books about these topics can make our heads spin.

Superb research and synthesis job! Congratulation for this high-quality video

That's one of the most informative and interesting videos I've ever watched. Thanks a lot!

Bats anywhere: "what's social distancing?"

“Interferon Alfa” … sounds more like a mecha anime series

@NickTheGreatAndPowerful

4 жыл бұрын

A string of seemingly random English words that even without context sounds really cool? Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't already the name of an anime. It's either that or something in Japanese that's like 15 words long and virtually impossible to translate without it sounding stupid.

@jakkaljakobie8774

4 жыл бұрын

I'd watch it

@___Zack___

4 жыл бұрын

*Alpha are you dense? It was literally spelled on the screen

@twenty-fifth420

4 жыл бұрын

Zack One. No one cares. Two, still sounds like an anime name. Three. No one here is dense, if anything you are for taking a joke too seriously.

This is a really excellent video that will be SUPER useful for my now-online mammalogy class. Thanks!

This is really informative and useful at this time of pandemonium, thank you!

why the hell did I get an anti vax vitamin ad here?

@drsharkboy6568

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m wondering as well. Oh no, don’t tell me they’re letting Karen advertise, especially during this outbreak.

@amphibiangoddess

4 жыл бұрын

They want you to Leggo of your life?

@Leftatalbuquerque

4 жыл бұрын

Install Google Adblock. IT WORKS.

@mksabourinable

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't get any ads for this video.... And I'm on mobile so I can't do Adblock

@mastaw

4 жыл бұрын

There are anti vax ads? Wth

People: Ew, why would anyone eat bats? Don't you know you can get sick from doing that? Also people: *performs anilingus*

@erikk77

4 жыл бұрын

Ozzy Osbourne

@Al13n1nV8D3R

4 жыл бұрын

@@erikk77 Makes you wonder if Ozzy Osborne's slurred speech has anything to do with a bat's head he bit off?

Woww! Such a highly-informative episode - as always! Huge kudoz to the SciShow Team! Greetings from Istanbul, Turkey!

I love this channel for always bringing us trustable information :D greetings from Peru

Great video, I love bats. My local zoo has a large free flying bat exhibit with several species in a dark enclosure with some other nocturnal critters. The guano has a smell that isn't exactly unpleasant, just unique. I find them fascinating, such odd creatures.

@felixc543

4 жыл бұрын

Dunno if it's the Brookfield Zoo, but when I volunteered there, I would spend half of every lunch break in the free flying Rodriguez Fruit Bat exhibit in the Australia House Fascinating animals

@meepcity48

4 жыл бұрын

Bats are so cute 🥺🦇

@evelynsnyder5866

4 жыл бұрын

Where is your local zoo?

@scottmantooth8785

4 жыл бұрын

*you might find the history of the 1865 Guano war on Peru's Chincha Islands rather interesting then as it was used in the production of fertilizers and explosives, and was highly prized in Europe at the time. Spanish troops occupied the Peruvian Islands in April 1864 in order to profit from the guano trade...seriously* *here's a really good article on the subject: **www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-the-western-world-ran-on-guano*

@emmahenderson2737

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Mantooth I think this was part of the plot of the James Bond book DR No

Imagine how toxic we'll be to potential alien life forms once we master the skills of the bat. lol

@MrAranton

4 жыл бұрын

You think it'll achive H.G.Wells levels of lethality?

Thank you, very clear, informative and complete!

There’s so much information and it’s clear so much work went into this video. Thank you! Can I suggest a summary sheet included to help follow along with the points made? It helps learners like me who absorb more info reading.

@elijahmicheal1248

4 жыл бұрын

You need to read research paper that trace the actual origin and host of viruses.

And most recently they managed to do something all of humanity couldn’t achieve, massively decreasing global emissions

Pangolin's, a species poached largely to meet cruise-ship tourists' demands are the most likely intermediate species.

@eduardochavacano

4 жыл бұрын

Jared Pool what??? Burn those Cruise ships now or make them shelter for the homeless. so those rich people on cruise pay to eat wild animals???

@sawlovesyou52

4 жыл бұрын

@Anthony O'Neal Because they lie about everything. That which they call good is bad and that which they call bad is good. The Bible told me so. Oh, by the way, there is an ending. Something big is coming and I somehow think the rich will still be rich and in control. Of course, until it is over.

@myriamickx7969

4 жыл бұрын

Jared Pool : I very strongly doubt your affirmation. Give me your evidence to back this up. Chinese have been consuming pangolin meat and scales for « medicinal purposes » since forever, but I’ve never read a word about cruise-ship passengers.

@rocketomega11

4 жыл бұрын

fake attempt to link this animal to China and then blame China for the Virus. Researchers said it was 85%-92% match and NOT ENOUGH to link the virus to this animal. US is selling misinformation as much as China.

@michaelizquierdo6907

4 жыл бұрын

@@rocketomega11 .... what..? The virus came from bats in china. This is 100% a virus that originated in China. Most likely reason is chineese markets were both aninals(pangolins and bats) are sold live.

I love this channel one of the best I've seen in a long time

Very informative and we'll produced content! Cool to find a science channel on this level in my feed, Subscribed👍

I knew it was only a matter of time till SciSchow covered this 😬

Acute Inflammatory Response:AIR Me with asthma: Ha... nice...

@dorabrooks76

4 жыл бұрын

I caught that, too. (I'm also asthmatic.) The *first* thought that went through my head, though, was: huh, very appropriate since bats catch so much _air_ . 😃 ...I should be embarrassed... lol 🤣

great content! very tight editing, on point!

Excellent information!....Thank you!!

I had no idea there were so many species of bats! That's batsh- that's crazy!

@marie-helenemartel7147

4 жыл бұрын

😄

@BerdFly

4 жыл бұрын

I see you're a character

@JulianEaton

4 жыл бұрын

DivideByZeroGetCake It’s The Guano!

@Pedrosa2541

4 жыл бұрын

I guess 25% of all mammal species are bats alone.

@gingermcgingin1733

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pedrosa2541 1/5 = 0.2 = 20% 25% = 0.25 = 1/4 Usually I wouldn't call someone out like this, but most people know what a quarter is.

Great video SciShow! Bats are truly amazing animals. They are the best & ultimate hibernators. During hibernation their body temperature drops to as low as the surrounding ambient temperature & their heart rate drops to as low as 1 to 2 beats per minute! Totally incredible....... 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

Great work you guys👍🏽

Many years ago a coworker told me her new diet pills had guano in it. I asked if it might actually have guarana instead. She refused to go with that, insisted it was guano, and refused to believe me when I explained what guano was. I hope she's doing well now and is staying off the guano.

Video: Human disturbance of bat’s habitat causes the transfer of zoonotic diseases... Me: So do we stop? Video: Well yes, but actually no 😬

@cebuanoguy

4 жыл бұрын

Raccoons and snakes are natural predators of bats. They kill more bats than owls and hawks. Problem is China is domesticating raccoons for their fur. And if we kill all the bats, we would have an insect problem. Man, Mother Nature is confusing:

@gheddimuddey1584

4 жыл бұрын

@@cebuanoguy It's pretty simple, stop with the wet markets, starting cooking wild animals and don't eat bats. Those little things carry some insanely dangerous viruses.

@ASBlueful

4 жыл бұрын

@@gheddimuddey1584 Or simply stop exploiting animals

@HannahFortalezza

4 жыл бұрын

L Blueful ... And stop moving into/ruining animals habitats

Muscle Hank: *EAT UR VITAMINS GUYS*

Sources section reminds me of those facebook spammers when you press on "show more" and damn long list comes. Thank you for your hard work

Such an amazing video, thank you :)

“ Planet of the Bats “

So eating and living near bats aren't a good idea... Unless you're a vampire.

@felixc543

4 жыл бұрын

Actually! They keep the mosquito population down as well as other pest insects So they prevent disease spread in that way There's not much danger of catching anything from them unless you're directly interacting with them

@Leftatalbuquerque

4 жыл бұрын

I'm an umpire!

@sohopedeco

4 жыл бұрын

I live in Southeastern Brazil. Any public park is certainly teemed with vampire bats.

I already knew that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

Checks and balances: pathogen - host relationship edition. The natural reservoir is constantly keeping the virus in check. Amazing!

The problem lies with "wet markets" where endangered species are collected and stored in close and unsanitary conditions. The combination of these factors are breeding grounds for disease. Bats, primates, birds, pangolins, exotic cats, reptiles, and lizards are subject to horrible conditions as they are used in the illegal exotic pet trade and food consumption. These animals have no place to move, they are surrounded by bodily fluids, excrement, and filthy conditions. Wildlife conservation organizations are trying to eliminate these wet markets but it is an uphill battle. It is important not to purchase or smuggle wildlife from its natural habitat. If you buy birds do research and purchase from a local (USA based) reputable breeder. Don't demonize the animals, blame humans who are responsible for the diseases appearing worldwide.

@wildflower1397

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely human's fault. Both encroachment into natural habitats where we interact more with wild animals, and transporting them all over the place for consumption, pets, and "research". These animals are much more stressed than they would be in nature, which leads to them becoming ill with diseases they might normally be able to fight off. Bats are an amazing species, and the more we learn about them, the more we discover that they could be the secret to solving some of the worst viral diseases humans get. I for one love bats. Also, it is not the fault of the average chinese or asian person... it's the fault of those specific people who choose to market these animals and those who buy and/or consume them. There are good and bad people of every race and nationality, so don't blame the innocent. Instead hold those who perpetrate the crime responsible, and/or the regulators who allow it to happen.

@ProudDad1976

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent points

@aliensoup2420

4 жыл бұрын

Its going to require economic embargoes, and international inspections to end this primitive practice. Its no different from banning chemical or nuclear weapons - intentional or not, this is a biological weapon that has already caused worldwide death and destruction more than once. If China can rise from economic depravity into the 2nd most powerful economy in the world, build supercomputers, fighter jets, and land robots on the moon, they can certainly contain and eliminate a nasty cultural habit that benefits nobody.

@takeoffyourblinkers

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget a lot those you mention, and more are used as a form of aphrodisiac, not only eaten.

@carbinecorp

4 жыл бұрын

The problem is that while many of these markets and sales of endangered wildlife are already illegal, Chinese traditional medicine and ways of eating are ingrained in many places so you get illegal markets that operate outside of the law. Since they are already illegal then they are also generally unsanitary ans so they are breeding grounds for potential diseases. Eventually they'll probably go away, there's already been pushback from the government and younger generations but it's something that takes time.

Super interesting! For the past 2 months I did a research internship on a group of molecules that among other things induce Interferon response, now I learned another thing that I can put into the theory part of my lab report.

Amazing video. Information dense, in the best way possible

It’s clear that we just have to leave these bats alone. People should learn how to coexist with the other species because this world is never “only” for us. They were here before us.

@zimjun7

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! They were!

@theterrar3566

4 жыл бұрын

Tell that to China

@livingcorpse5664

4 жыл бұрын

Share the planet.

“Ok explain this to me like I’m a 5-year old.”

@ClaversOdhiamboArt

4 жыл бұрын

“Now explain it to me like I’m a 2-year old.”

@SunilZishan

4 жыл бұрын

Shut up Michael

Informative and educational! KZread: demonetized!

Loved it thanks!

I am Grateful to have found you !! That presentation was Batass !!! ❤️🌈🙏🔥📡🎶🌎☀️

Bats are cool, but after all this we need to limit our interaction with them. No more catching them or eating them. Scientific study only.

@katcel16

4 жыл бұрын

Or tearing down jungles for farmland. Habitat destruction is a huge part of the reason people in west Africa are now being exposed to Ebola-carrying bats so much (their habitats are destroyed, humans come into that area of destroyed habitat, humans encounter these bats and/or their guano).

@Nemothewonderfish

4 жыл бұрын

NO! that was the most likely cause. 280m from the market blamed is the Wuhan Institute of Virology. That in Nov 2019 was advertising for postdocs and PhD students to study bat coranvirises and how they transmit to humans. They had lots of horseshoe bats and the intermediary animal blamed. So the most likely source with a cover up - blame the market where bats were not sold.

@jamestor6700

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nemothewonderfish its also taboo in China to eat bats, so to any of the morons who keep claiming the Chinese eat bats, they don't

@That_Guy-

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamestor6700sure they just wash them in bowls of soup kzread.info/dash/bejne/n618pcaEabKzlcY.html

Could we study viruses in bats that are currently unknown to start developing medication because the first humans are even infected?

@sweetiepie4328

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea

@alpicoo

4 жыл бұрын

I think yes hypothetically, but practically it would not be a priority when there are other active threats. We can't allocate resources to research hundreds of viruses that might or might not be transmitted to us and cause a problem when there are viruses and diseases already infecting us needing research

@geraldwaters8647

4 жыл бұрын

@Erika With a K I was aware of the original S strain and mutate 1 L strain what is the other mutation?

@joshquinn7834

4 жыл бұрын

If you thought about it, they have.

This should be a 3 part series: Part 1- Why Do Bats Carry So Many Dangerous Diseases? Part 2- Why Do Rats Carry So Many Dangerous Diseases? Part 3- Why Do Chinese People Eat Bats and Rats?

@s3cr3tpassword

4 жыл бұрын

I mean the French eat snails and foie gras. It’s not that they can’t eat rats and bats but how the rats and bats are harvested. If they are produced in clean farms, you could safely eat bats that have no viruses in them.

@kgflip7083

4 жыл бұрын

@macsporan but China is better than the past now. New generations should stop eat a freaking food for stop new virus. China should make it illegal if someone eat a freaking food.

@Judas3rd

4 жыл бұрын

People in Congo hunt bats....

@2020Twenty

4 жыл бұрын

@@kgflip7083 Old habits die hard.

Thanks......super awesome video!!!!

Answering the title question without viewing: Because bats don't wash their hands?

@carissstewart3211

4 жыл бұрын

Their caves seldom contain stockpiles of tp and hand sanitizer.

@Cpt_John_Price

4 жыл бұрын

because THEY PEE UPSIDE DOWN!!

@hmk1635

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cpt_John_Price they wash their hands with pee?!

@EpicRenegade777

4 жыл бұрын

@@hmk1635 they basically pee and defficate on themselves, gravity seems to be their main enemy.

@iksarguards

4 жыл бұрын

EpicRenegade777 Bats turn themselves to urinate and defecate..

Huh. That explains why Goku was so vulnerable to the heart virus. His mitochondria must be in maximum overdrive whenever he goes super saiyan.

@FitzgeraldStanburyWeissV

4 жыл бұрын

Well played, sir! You won the comment section with this 😁😁😁😁

@kekkaisenn6497

4 жыл бұрын

I thought he got heart disease...

@sidetraxx

4 жыл бұрын

KeKKAI SeNN ...that was caused by a virus. Which is why Piccolo told Chi Chi and Yamcha to take some of the medicine Trunks gave as well in case it was contagious.

@kekkaisenn6497

4 жыл бұрын

@@sidetraxx whoa, I had no idea, thanks for that nugget of detail

This was great. It put things into perspective

Thanks, good info.