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intangible-tangerine t1_j9j5loe wrote

Something not mentioned yet -

Bats have a larger variation in body temperature (10 c to 40 c) and so pathogens which evolve to survive in bats are able to cope better with the much smaller temperature variations in humans. If you have a fever of 39c that's not going to bother a pathogen that's at home in a 40c bat.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0211

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Amity83 t1_j9le2vq wrote

This is the answer in relation to why bats are a disease vector for humans. Other animals may may be more prone to viruses, but their body temp differences mean that the virus can’t survive in humans.

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