Submitted by JustJustinInTime t3_118pnjj in askscience
linuxgeekmama t1_ja99s81 wrote
Reply to comment by Daberino in What makes bats a good disease vector? by JustJustinInTime
One of the things that made human cities unhealthy until modern times was that they didn't have a good system for getting poop away from where people lived. Bats don't have sewers either, so their poop (and any pathogens it contains) stays where other bats can easily come in contact with it.
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