{"id":32277,"date":"2020-07-22T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bats-are-better-at-social-distancing-than-people-study\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T17:38:00","slug":"bats-are-better-at-social-distancing-than-people-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bats-are-better-at-social-distancing-than-people-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bats are better at social distancing than people: study"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Bats are better at social<\/a> distancing than people: study<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 22, 2020 |<\/span> 1:38pm <\/p>\n

\n They know how to bat-ten down the hatches.<\/p>\n

Despite being blamed for allegedly spreading the coronavirus, certain species of bats are masters of self-isolating when sick, according to a new study by the University of Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they are sick and feeling bad, they [bats] are not interested in social interactions,\u201d lead researcher Sebastian Stockmaier tells the New York Times.<\/p>\n

Indeed, in the study published in the journal Biology Letters, hypersocial vampire bats were found to \u201cdecrease physical social encounters through reduced movement\u201d when under the weather.\u00a0 They also significantly dialed back their grooming and mating habits.<\/p>\n

And while healthy bats call out for each other when apart, their immunocompromised counterparts will vocalize less, effectively reducing \u201cthe probability of physical contact between individuals.\u201d In turn, they decrease the likelihood of transmitting illnesses, according to the study.<\/p>\n

To determine whether the bloodsuckers practice social distancing, the researchers injected 18 female bats with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a chemical that triggers an immune response without the adverse effects of an infection. Later they performed a control study in which the same bats were only injected with saline.<\/p>\n

In both experiments, they removed the flying rodents from the larger group \u2014 but still within earshot \u2014 and then documented the frequency of their calls.<\/p>\n

They found that the LPS caused \u201cfemale vampire bats to produce 30% fewer contact calls, with 15 of 18 bats producing fewer contact calls\u201d during the sickness simulation compared to the control study.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the bloodthirsty critters don\u2019t self-isolate as a disease-prevention policy. Rather, the researchers concluded that they just feel too ill to interact \u2014 like a sick kid taking a rain check on a playdate.<\/p>\n

Still, their inadvertent social-distancing measure seems leaps and bounds above many humans\u2019 capabilities. Over the last few weeks, the US has seen COVID-19 fatalities skyrocket in 27 states as people continue to ignore social-distancing measures amid reopening efforts.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Florida has seen a surge in \u201cCOVID-19 parties,\u201d where people throw massive soirees in gated communities with the goal of spreading the coronavirus, according to local authorities.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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