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Bats are the only mammal that can fly, allowing them to spread in large numbers from one community over a wide area, scientists say. This means they can harbor a large number of pathogens, or diseases. Flying also requires a tremendous amount of activity for bats, which has caused their immune systems to become very specialized.
 
"When they fly they have a peak body temperature that mimics a fever," said Andrew Cunningham, Professor of Wildlife Epidemiology at the Zoological Society of London. "It happens at least twice a day with bats -- when they fly out to feed and then they return to roost. And so the pathogens that have evolved in bats have evolved to withstand these peaks of body temperature."
Cunningham said this poses a potential problem when these diseases cross into another species. In humans, for example, a fever is a defense mechanism designed to raise the body temperature to kill a virus. A virus that has evolved in a bat will probably not be affected by a higher body temperature, he warned.
 
Zoologists and disease experts have told CNN that changes to human behavior -- the destruction of natural habitats, coupled with the huge number of fast-moving people now on Earth -- has enabled diseases that were once locked away in nature to cross into people fast.
Scientists are still unsure where the virus originated, and will only be able to prove its source if they isolate a live virus in a suspected species -- a hard task.
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9 minutes ago, Spartan said:
Bats are the only mammal that can fly, allowing them to spread in large numbers from one community over a wide area, scientists say. This means they can harbor a large number of pathogens, or diseases. Flying also requires a tremendous amount of activity for bats, which has caused their immune systems to become very specialized.
 
"When they fly they have a peak body temperature that mimics a fever," said Andrew Cunningham, Professor of Wildlife Epidemiology at the Zoological Society of London. "It happens at least twice a day with bats -- when they fly out to feed and then they return to roost. And so the pathogens that have evolved in bats have evolved to withstand these peaks of body temperature."
Cunningham said this poses a potential problem when these diseases cross into another species. In humans, for example, a fever is a defense mechanism designed to raise the body temperature to kill a virus. A virus that has evolved in a bat will probably not be affected by a higher body temperature, he warned.
 
Zoologists and disease experts have told CNN that changes to human behavior -- the destruction of natural habitats, coupled with the huge number of fast-moving people now on Earth -- has enabled diseases that were once locked away in nature to cross into people fast.
Scientists are still unsure where the virus originated, and will only be able to prove its source if they isolate a live virus in a suspected species -- a hard task.

But we still need to blame/hate somebody even if we don't know where the virus originated.

Probelms with thinking/opinions without knowing for sure about something

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5 minutes ago, bostonbro said:

But we still need to blame/hate somebody even if we don't know where the virus originated.

Probelms with thinking/opinions without knowing for sure about something

clear ga chebuthundu ga. bats lo body temperature ekkuv untadhi which mimics fever in humans.

so aa virus can withstand high temperatures. bathiki unna bat ni atle thinte bat nundi inko species ki velthe aa virus destruction ae ani.

Food chain ani okati edchindhi.

danni natural order ni beat chesi edhi badithe adhi bathiki undagaane peekkuni thinte itle avthadhi.

Jeevitham konchem gonthu noppi aina bhayam bhayam ga undhi

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Just now, perugu_vada said:

Still asian countries lo ah meat selling stop cheyaru, thinatam aaparu 

It's time to impose  rules about food habits 

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1 minute ago, MagaMaharaju said:

It's time to impose  rules about food habits 

Ppl’s attitude towards environment and food habits shall change, old days lo unnatlu immunity ledu, quality food ledu, everything is polluted

prathi dhaniki rules,govt ante kaani panulu ;) 

1st n foremost, countries must not over depend on china, which will never happen 

oka sari e virus thaggaaka things will go back to normalcy like nothing happened, edho elections stunt kosam use chestaru anti china slogans

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1 minute ago, perugu_vada said:

Ppl’s attitude towards environment and food habits shall change, old days lo unnatlu immunity ledu, quality food ledu, everything is polluted

prathi dhaniki rules,govt ante kaani panulu ;) 

1st n foremost, countries must not over depend on china, which will never happen 

oka sari e virus thaggaaka things will go back to normalcy like nothing happened, edho elections stunt kosam use chestaru anti china slogans

Right.

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1 minute ago, kittaya said:

daniu kanna mundhu human chetlu padestharu 

 

Humans cut away the trees, bats fly from one tree to another, unfortunatly it bites a bannana from banana tree.... with a piece in the mouth flies to pig poultary, where bat slips the bite from mouth to the floor, a pig finds the bite and eat it.... humans unknowingly take the pig to slaughter room then to restaurant.... 

chef took the pig, kept something in the mouth of a pig, while keeping the stuff in the pig mouth, somebody calls home saying somebody came to visit...  chef doesnt clean the hands and gives shake hands to the visitor, visitior then without washing hands started eating.... visitor so called Human fell sick, spreads the sick to humans and at last we can see a dead Humans

 

Rei itz a cycle ra....

 

 

 

Karma is a bitch...

 

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29 minutes ago, Spartan said:
Bats are the only mammal that can fly, allowing them to spread in large numbers from one community over a wide area, scientists say. This means they can harbor a large number of pathogens, or diseases. Flying also requires a tremendous amount of activity for bats, which has caused their immune systems to become very specialized.
 
"When they fly they have a peak body temperature that mimics a fever," said Andrew Cunningham, Professor of Wildlife Epidemiology at the Zoological Society of London. "It happens at least twice a day with bats -- when they fly out to feed and then they return to roost. And so the pathogens that have evolved in bats have evolved to withstand these peaks of body temperature."
Cunningham said this poses a potential problem when these diseases cross into another species. In humans, for example, a fever is a defense mechanism designed to raise the body temperature to kill a virus. A virus that has evolved in a bat will probably not be affected by a higher body temperature, he warned.
 
Zoologists and disease experts have told CNN that changes to human behavior -- the destruction of natural habitats, coupled with the huge number of fast-moving people now on Earth -- has enabled diseases that were once locked away in nature to cross into people fast.
Scientists are still unsure where the virus originated, and will only be able to prove its source if they isolate a live virus in a suspected species -- a hard task.

same as it is plot rasanu.... 

contafion movie lo ade chupinchadu.... 

venice lo human interaction lekapothe, chala andanga tayaru ayindhi anta.... 

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2 minutes ago, perugu_vada said:

Ppl’s attitude towards environment and food habits shall change, old days lo unnatlu immunity ledu, quality food ledu, everything is polluted

prathi dhaniki rules,govt ante kaani panulu ;) 

1st n foremost, countries must not over depend on china, which will never happen 

oka sari e virus thaggaaka things will go back to normalcy like nothing happened, edho elections stunt kosam use chestaru anti china slogans

 

Some dude couldn't resist eating a live animal that was not supposed to be eaten

and impacts another country to choose who should get treated and whom to let go ( older people are not being treated in Italy)

If we can't learn something from this, the end of human race is coming soon then

 

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3 minutes ago, kittaya said:

 

Another major issue is eating habits, full ga cook chesthe chances of virus surviving is less, kani vedhavalu half or semi-cook chesi thintaru to feel the taste of the meat

this is the issue not just in china , anni countries lo undedhe

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2 minutes ago, kittaya said:

 

No one lives on a purpose, birth and death are real.

The ability to think : will it be useful or leads to disaster

we don't know if we have soul, afterlife.

afterall gods are born after creation of nature/solar system.

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