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<p dir="auto">I did a fair amount of spelunking in my undergraduate days. While I occasionally encountered a solitary bat, most bats that I’m familiar with hang cheek to jowl in vast crowds. In caves, which you could fairly describe as “inside”. To answer BW: No, not suspicious at all.</p>
<p dir="auto"><em>The Sixth Extinction</em> by Elizabeth Colbert has a chapter about an infection racing through bat populations in the US.</p>
<p dir="auto">—Barry</p>
<p dir="auto">On 19 Jul 2021, at 22:08, David Eric Smith wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">I remember the following to assertions from them. (Paraphrased, but should be close): </p>
<p dir="auto">BW: (about whether the virus was in some way manmade) “Isn’t it suspicious that most people have infected each other inside, yet bats live outside.” </p>
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