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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoBats use heat to fly off their viruses, they get pretty bad ones, but when they’re flying Bats get really hot. So it burns them off. Also, some viruses have evolved into us and ended up serving functions in the human bawdy.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoYup. Up to 8% of the human genome is comprised of ancient viruses. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/17366
Bats use heat to fly off their viruses, they get pretty bad ones, but when they’re flying Bats get really hot. So it burns them off.
Also, some viruses have evolved into us and ended up serving functions in the human bawdy.
Yup. Up to 8% of the human genome is comprised of ancient viruses.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/17366