Sentences with phrase «from bats»

The researchers talked to villagers, conducted wildlife surveys and collected samples from bats and material in the village.

All eat fruit and it is unclear how or even if the disease jumped from bats to humans or if there was an intermediate host, such as apes.

To cope with the unprecedented disease, the government went so far as to ban soup made from bats.

The above observations led us to focus on the recovery of the mold from bat tissues and environmental samples.

How the virus might travel from bats to primates is anyone's guess.

A genetic analysis of the virus showed that since at least May there has been no evidence of any crossover from bats or any other animal to humans.

Nor is it clear whether the virus went straight from bats to pigs.

I do spend most of my time in the mines running away from bats in terror, but these modifiers give me a reason to take my time.

However, they showed more of the behaviour when the call came from a bat of the same species but a different colony (Animal Behaviour, DOI: 10.1016 / j.anbehav.2010.03.025).

To test if the trees profit from the presence of bats by incorporating nutrients from bat excreta into their seeds, the researchers analysed a specific form of nitrogen, the stable isotope 15N.

Apart from bats, dolphins, whales, rats and shrews — which use calls in the audible range — few mammals echolocate as vision is usually more efficient.

In a faecal sample from a bat of the species Neoromicia cf. zuluensis they found a virus that is genetically more closely related to MERS - CoV than any other known virus.

«New coronavirus emerges from bats in China, devastates young swine: Identified in same region, from same bats, as SARS coronavirus.»

Antibodies to the Nipah virus have been detected in four species of fruit bat, though the virus itself has still not been isolated from bat tissue.

Previous reports already demonstrated that tropical plants use animal - derived nutrients, for example nitrogen from bat excreta.

With the emergence of Ebola virus from bats and hantaviruses from rodents, investigators say identifying the other species infected with HAV provides novel insight into the evolution of HAV and how it spread to humans, and highlights the utility of analyzing animal reservoirs for risk assessment of emerging viruses.

Bethesda, MD — September 9, 2016 — ProShares announced today that it would remove four of its ETFs from the Bats Exchange Competitive Liquidity Providers (CLP) Program after market close on Sept. 30, 2016.

Price used to hang upside down from the batting screen and hit pitches; he would shoot baseballs up in the air with a bazooka, jump in a Jeep and catch them.

With help from his bat formed by a lightning strike, he relives the glory he should have had in youth - as a pitcher - before a woman shot him.

«Thus, we were able to track nitrogen from bat guano into the seeds of Dipteryx trees,» explains IZW scientist Christian Voigt.

Until now it was not known if trees also take up nutrients from bat excretions.

A collaboration of researchers from the Institute of Virology at the University Bonn, Germany, the University of Stellenbosch and several other South African institutions have recently found evidence that MERS - CoV could possibly originate from bats occurring in southern Africa.

From batting monsters with Hammers or fighting them underwater, Monster Hunter is one of the best Wii game around,

(Cats are generally more prone to getting insect bites / stings on their paws from batting at bugs, whereas dogs typically get swollen lips from trying to snap at the bugs.)

It is Valve's own free demo software and is, therefore, an essential title to download right from the bat.

Much of our scientific mastery of echolocation is learned from bats.

Shave some points from his batting average and on - base percentage... give him fewer 160 - game seasons... heck, we know that he isn't going to steal 110 bases in this alternate reality.

Despite tips from batting coach Chris Chambliss and underhand pitches from Bernie Williams, Seles failed to hit the ball past the pitcher.

But Hamilton consistently has some of weakest contact among all hitters in the league, so perhaps he needs every ounce of power he can leverage from the bat.

Although Han - Ram is struggling this season with a.241 batting average, the 28 - year old infielder is only three years removed from batting.342 and winning the National League batting title.

Heavy rains and floods in Australia may have helped the deadly disease cross from bats to humans.

This recording, with help from a bat detector, has captured a fuller range of caterpillar frequencies, including some normally beyond the range of human hearing.

Nectar from bat - visited flowers is generally dilute, but the sugar concentration in nectar varies between flowers.

Or it could be only occasionally spilling over into people from bats.»

Ancient creatures across the globe from bats to frogs faced a difficult decision: adapt to the hotter conditions or move, usually north or up mountains, to chase the receding cooler breezes.

White - nose syndrome is mainly spread from bat to bat, but it is also possible for humans to transport spores via clothing and gear from fungus contaminated sites such as caves and mines.

The isolates with the strongest inhibitory properties were cultured from a bat species that has suffered lower mortality from white - nose syndrome than other species.

«A survival lesson from bats: Eating variety keeps species multiplying.»

The monks put plastic sheeting in their attic to protect the floor from bat droppings, instead of chasing the creatures away.

The goal is to use citizen - science classifications to create software that researchers worldwide can use to extract information from bat recordings, making it really easy to track bat populations.

A new wing design for small flying vehicles takes inspiration from bats to improve flight efficiency

In the past four years, Australia has seen three new diseases make the leap from bat to human, two of them with fatal consequences.

It should not be misunderstood as indicating a health risk from bats and does by no means justify their persecution; on the contrary, bats provide value to ecosystems in several respects and should enjoy strict protection.

Researchers collect bacteria samples from a bat infected with White Nose Syndrome.

Those who say they got their bats from a bat farm are «definitely lying» because there is no such thing as a bat farm, Tuttle says.

The mice fed a high - fat diet also exhibited beneficial effects from BAT transplantation, including improved glucose metabolism, decreased body weight and a complete reversal of insulin resistance resulting from excess fat consumption.