They [bats] are natural reservoirs of many pathogens, such as rabies; and since they are highly mobile, social, and long-lived, they can spread disease. In many cultures, bats are popularly associated with darkness, malevolence, witchcraft, vampires, and death.
I just shudder to think what they're unpopularly associated with, then.
photo by a lesser short-nosed fruit bat by Anton Croos at Art of Photography
Word To Use Today: bat. This word probably comes from Scandinavia. The Old Norse word for bat, ledhrblaka, means literally leather-flapper.
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