Study Documents African Monkeys Eating Bats; First to Report Implications for Animal-Human Disease Transmission
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 08:51
in Biology & Nature
Primates and bats may interact directly, but their behavioral and predator-prey interactions are poorly documented, and detailed reports of their interactions have been rare, until now. The first study to document monkeys consuming bats with photos and video suggests an alternative pathway for bat-to-monkey disease transmission that has implications for zoonotic disease transmission to humans.