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Quick Take Fruit bats have earned their name, as they greatly enjoy munching on fruits of all types. In the featured Instagram video, two fruit bats are feasting on a gigantic watermelon. Flying foxes ...
A high-sugar diet is bad news for humans, leading to diabetes, obesity and even cancer. Yet fruit bats survive and even thrive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit every day. Now, ...
WASHINGTON — More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic. Bats ...