The Egyptian fruit bat is a highly social mammal that roosts (and argues) in crowded colonies. Michal Samuni-Blank Plenty of animals communicate with one another, at least in a general way ...

She is fluent in English, Sylheti and Bengali and conversational ... Marburg, which originates in fruit bats, spreads to humans through direct contact with bodily fluids from infected individuals ...

Most experts say the natural animal host for Ebola is some type of fruit bat, not one that eats insects, he said. Previous evidence of Ebola in bats has all been in fruit bats, Ksiazek said.