bats

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The virus normally infects animals, typically fruit bats, but outbreaks among humans can sometimes start when people eat or handle infected animals.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Night is falling in Altadena as bats circle, peacocks wail and photographer Kevin Cooley tries to capture what’s left of a tree.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

This includes travelers who have recently visited countries experiencing Ebola virus disease outbreaks, as well as people who have had close contact with infected individuals or with bats, primates, or game animals from affected regions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026

Two decades later, he says, bats continue to shun the cave, likely “a result of horror stories and dire warnings” that the storm’s few survivors have passed along to others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

“I’m not sleeping in a cave. There’s probably vampire bats in there.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall