bats

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The virus normally infects animals, typically fruit bats, but outbreaks among humans can sometimes start when people eat or handle infected animals.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

But instead of kicking up dust, breaking bats or throwing fits, the Feeneys coalesced in a green-and-yellow mass behind the dugout.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

The virus responsible for the disease, SARS-CoV-2, is closely related to coronaviruses found in bats.

From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 2026

Trees can only be chopped down when bats aren’t nesting—i.e., from November to March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

He was so angry and so humiliated and so full of bats, there was nothing else he could be.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies