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       Bats might be the next bird flu wild card
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: April 13, 2026, 10:50 pm
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       Bats have become the latest mammals susceptible to H5N1, the
       highly pathogenic avian influenza virus responsible for bird
       flu.
       PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2025
       "Each time the virus jumps to a new mammalian host, he says, it
       gains opportunities to mutate and evolve, potentially bringing
       it closer to spreading among people"
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2025/12/10/bats-might-be-the-next-bird-flu-wild-card/
       COMMENT / SIDE-NOTE: Although this article concentrates on the
       possible avian flu jump from bat to human , I can't help but
       think about how many bats frequent farms and how bats frequent
       the rafters of barns, sheds, and livestock shelters. Bat
       droppings just like mouse droppings could also contribute to the
       spread of avian flu from bat to other mammals and livestock. It
       would not shock me if bats could give the avian flu to chickens
       housed in coop or cows in a barn.
       There's a lot of bats around farms. Bats go after the type of
       insects that are also attracted to farm and animal areas...
       Sometimes farmers even host bats on purpose to reduce insects if
       I am not mistaken and they build bat houses. I'd say it would be
       very rare for bats not to be tucked in a little dark corner
       hidden in the rafter of a barn. That's usually where they
       are...in the little shadow in the corner of where the rafter
       meets the roof.
       Had a buddy and we went catfishing at night next to a river and
       bats would bounce off the line on or fishing poles all night..
       the bats got confused thought the vibration of the line was and
       insect or something...it just goes to show bats also hunt by the
       water.
       (bats bounce off a kite line too if you are reeling in a kite at
       dusk and also bats can be spooked or confused by sound like the
       overtones of an electric guitar played real high pitched under
       certain conditions)
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