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Bats Can Vaccinate Themselves Against Rabies

Head to https://www.squarespace.com/scishow to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using SCISHOW! Rabies is a big problem all around the world, both for humans and other animals. And while plenty of animals might be able to eat their vaccines, one that can't is vampire bats. Lucky for us, there's a new method that might help us vaccinate whole colonies of vampire bats without needing a bajillion needles. All you need is Vaseline. Hosted by: Madelyn Leembruggen ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: David Johnston, Cye Stoner, Jp Lynch, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry, J.V. Rosenbalm, Blood Doctor Kelly, Alan Wong, Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Garrett Galloway, Friso, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Steve Gums, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Joseph Ruf, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQN-5E-e-vB2xfAGq9GOQ4hiENgtCRP-JKGJNA5JZTb3_NvWXfREEk_jx0arDO5mpFr_H9iDGrRiZqV/pub