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Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic by Christina Larson, Aniruddha Ghosal And Marcelo Silva De Sousa, The Associated Press Posted Dec 14, 2020 1:12 am EDT Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 1:26 am EDT RIO DE JANEIRO Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic. A few meters ahead, nearly invisible in the darkness, a bat made high-pitched squeaks as it strained its wings against the thin nylon net that had ensnared it. One of the researchers removed the bat, which used its pointed teeth to bite her gloved fingers.

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