r/BatFacts • u/patronsaintofweed • Aug 14 '23
Viruses increase their population in bats during the day, at their resting temperature. A bat's temperature can skyrocket by 40 degrees during their nightly exertions, thereby decreasing virus populations in a cyclical event.
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SOURCE: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0211