Most people do not have a high opinion of bats. Bats often appear in movies and literature as terrifying creatures to be avoided. The animals have even been linked in popular culture to vampires, seeking to attack and drink the blood of human victims. In reality, bats are usually not a threat to people. Like other wild animals, some bats can carry the dangerous virus rabies. But bats can do good things for people and the environment. For example, bats eat a lot of different insects that can harm our environment. They can also pollinate plants and spread seeds. But a serious disease is currently threatening the bat population in many parts of the United States. The disease is a fungus called white-nose syndrome.
Title: Disease Continues to Threaten American Bats
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/diseased_bats.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Disease Continues to Threaten American Bats' data-article-id='2625'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9875'>Most people do not have a high opinion of bats.</span> <span data-start-time='9875' data-end-time='19938'>Bats often appear in movies and literature as terrifying creatures to be avoided.</span> <span data-start-time='19938' data-end-time='35396'>The animals have even been linked in popular culture to vampires, seeking to attack and drink the blood of human victims.</span> <span data-start-time='35396' data-end-time='41208'>In reality, bats are usually not a threat to people.</span> <span data-start-time='41208' data-end-time='48604'>Like other wild animals, some bats can carry the dangerous virus rabies.</span> <span data-start-time='48604' data-end-time='54313'>But bats can do good things for people and the environment.</span> <span data-start-time='54313' data-end-time='61958'>For example, bats eat a lot of different insects that can harm our environment.</span> <span data-start-time='61958' data-end-time='67854'>They can also pollinate plants and spread seeds.</span> <span data-start-time='67854' data-end-time='78000'>But a serious disease is currently threatening the bat population in many parts of the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='78000' data-end-time='83938'>The disease is a fungus called white-nose syndrome.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/spread_seeds.m4a'><span>spread seeds</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/plant_reproduction.m4a'><span>plant reproduction</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/white_nose.m4a'><span>white nose</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/fungal_disease.m4a'><span>fungal disease</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=9380 data-hint-location='54313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/what_good_things_do_bats_do.m4a'>What good things do bats do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='eat insects'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/eat_insects.m4a'><span>eat insects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/harm_the_environment.m4a'><span>harm the environment</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/treat_illness.m4a'><span>treat illness</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/carry_disease.m4a'><span>carry disease</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9381 data-hint-location='78000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2107/the_disease_is_called__blank__syndrome.m4a'>The disease is called <span class='blank'>white nose</span> syndrome.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='white nose'><div 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