Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

Must a Romany bare his soul before a stranger? replied Rhodo. . . . Must the secret of the dead be spoken before the robber of the dead—"

Some say that Amma was the cosmic egg and fertilized himself.

Befuddled, Edell looked to see other Keshiri dancing onto the streets, dressed in black with their faces painted in a variety of unpurple hues.