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A fruitbat hangs in a cage, at a wild animal market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bats are consumer in many parts of Asia, but carry many viruses, the origins of diseases such as Sars and Ebola can be traced back to these flying mammals, and they have also been implicated in the spread of the new deadly Mers virus. In Africa, the straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum), the continent's most widely distributed bat, is known to host different infectious diseases. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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