Do bats bite?

Bats can bite people, and bats carry viruses.

bats are infested with some viruses with the highest pathogenicity in the world, including Ebola virus and SARS virus.

On December 7, 217, Shi Zhengli, a researcher at Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, said that bats were the source of SARS virus. Vampire bats are a serious problem for human beings.

Bats can carry a variety of human and animal viruses, and they are hardly infected. Through the study of related genes, scientists found that the transcription factor c-REL of NF-κB family in bats was positively selected.

bat feeding habits

Bats have a wide range of feeding habits. Some species like nectar and fruits, others like to eat fish, frogs, insects, suck animal blood and even eat other bats. Generally speaking, big bats generally feed on fruits or nectar, while most small bats mainly prey on insects.

Many bats in tropical and subtropical regions feed on the fruits of plants, and they eat a lot. About 7% bats prey on insects, and they usually send out ultrasonic waves to explore their prey, mostly in the air.

Bats are very agile in preying on prey. Through high-speed photography, it is found that some bats prey directly with their mouths, some use their wings to intercept prey into their mouths, and some use their tail membranes to scoop worms into their mouths like spoons. The methods of preying are very diverse. Bats eat a lot of insects, and they can eat about one-third of the dead insects every night.