{"id":30222,"date":"2021-03-30T12:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=30222"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:21:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T19:21:36","slug":"bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_87139\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_uICUj-vhhk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn&#8217;s Foreman Biodiversity Lecture on bats and infectious diseases.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stetson Law\u2019s final Foreman Biodiversity Lecture for the 2020-2021 academic year featured Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn, an ecologist, academic, and internationally renowned bat expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His lecture, \u201cBats and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Myths, Realities, and Hope in Pandemic Times\u201d was an impassioned plea for the much-maligned mammals. For starters, he insists they are not ugly. And more importantly, they are not responsible for the most recent novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medell\u00edn knows bats get a bad rap, and \u201cexpert scientists\u201d propagating fake ideas and blaming bats for spreading infectious diseases such as COVID-19 to humans does not help. One point Medell\u00edn drives home as often as he can to whomever will listen is that scientists and the media need to stop using the word \u201cnew.\u201d Diseases or even species may be <em>new to science<\/em> but likely are not new to humanity or even Earth. In the case of emerging infectious diseases, it is more accurate to say these are \u201cpreviously undescribed pathogens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, humanity is seeing an increase in outbreaks of previously unknown diseases, including SARS, Ebola, Zika, Chikungunya and more. The headlines can be, understandably, frightening. Scientists still know very little about these viruses, where they come from, and how humans became infected with them. But scientists do know a few key things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Viruses are as old as life itself and are incredibly ubiquitous, abundant and diverse.<\/li><li>Coronavirus are a family of about 300 species, and of those, only three can cause serious harm to humans.<\/li><li>SARS-CoV-2 is a human virus that no animal, including bats, can transmit to humans.<\/li><li>The bat SL-CoV coronavirus has a 96 percent similarity to SARS-CoV-2, but even if it entered human bodies, it would be unable to enter human cells and cause infection.<\/li><li>There is no demonstrated evidence that SARS-CoV-2 jumped from bats to humans.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bio4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bio4-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30225\" width=\"266\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bio4-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bio4-500x390.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bio4-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bio4.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn and bat species<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s important to bear in mind a new virus itself is just one piece of the puzzle. Without the ecological context, we cannot fully understand zoonotic (meaning those that spread between animals and humans) diseases. Killing animals believed to be the source of a \u201cnew disease\u201d merely treats the symptoms, not the source of the problem, Medell\u00edn said. Another fact to consider: bats do not have more zoonotic diseases than other animals. In terms of proportion, song birds and rodents carry a higher number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humans are encroaching further into remote, pristine, previously unexplored areas of the world. The resulting loss of habitat and biodiversity, along with exotic invasive species spreading around the globe, has exposed us to new potential pathogens. There will undoubtedly be more diseases, Medell\u00edn said, but the first line of defense against the next pandemic is ecosystem and biodiversity conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to conservation, Medell\u00edn also points to a need to regulate and reduce the illegal, unsustainable consumption of bushmeat, as well as reducing global meat consumption and changing the forms of production of the animals we do eat. Crowded, unsanitary conditions in both wet markets and mass production farms create the perfect breeding ground for disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of our daily choices \u2013 from the food we consume to the products we buy \u2013 can have a ripple effect on biodiversity and, ultimately, human health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe all have something to do to prevent the next pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:71px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson Law\u2019s final Foreman Biodiversity Lecture for the 2020-2021 academic year featured Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn, an ecologist, academic, and internationally renowned bat expert. His lecture, \u201cBats and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Myths, Realities, and Hope in Pandemic Times\u201d was an impassioned plea for the much-maligned mammals. For starters, he insists they are not ugly. And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":30224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2454,1846,2602,1714],"class_list":["post-30222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-1","tag-biodiversity-lecture","tag-edward-and-bonnie-foreman-biodiversity-lecture","tag-faculty-in-the-news","tag-foreman-biodiversity-lecture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for - Stetson Law News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for - Stetson Law News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stetson Law\u2019s final Foreman Biodiversity Lecture for the 2020-2021 academic year featured Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn, an ecologist, academic, and internationally renowned bat expert. His lecture, \u201cBats and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Myths, Realities, and Hope in Pandemic Times\u201d was an impassioned plea for the much-maligned mammals. For starters, he insists they are not ugly. And [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stetson Law News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-30T16:51:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-14T19:21:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ashley McKnight-Taylor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ashley McKnight-Taylor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ashley McKnight-Taylor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fac07473b375fbe8b453c4576be5344\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-30T16:51:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-14T19:21:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":584,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"biodiversity lecture\",\"Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture\",\"faculty-in-the-news\",\"Foreman Biodiversity Lecture\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for - Stetson Law News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-30T16:51:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-14T19:21:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fac07473b375fbe8b453c4576be5344\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg\",\"width\":350,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/30\\\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stetson Law News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0fac07473b375fbe8b453c4576be5344\",\"name\":\"Ashley McKnight-Taylor\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www2.stetson.edu\\\/law\\\/news\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/amcknighttaylor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for - Stetson Law News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for - Stetson Law News","og_description":"Stetson Law\u2019s final Foreman Biodiversity Lecture for the 2020-2021 academic year featured Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn, an ecologist, academic, and internationally renowned bat expert. His lecture, \u201cBats and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Myths, Realities, and Hope in Pandemic Times\u201d was an impassioned plea for the much-maligned mammals. For starters, he insists they are not ugly. And [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/","og_site_name":"Stetson Law News","article_published_time":"2021-03-30T16:51:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-14T19:21:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":350,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ashley McKnight-Taylor","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ashley McKnight-Taylor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/"},"author":{"name":"Ashley McKnight-Taylor","@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0fac07473b375fbe8b453c4576be5344"},"headline":"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for","datePublished":"2021-03-30T16:51:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-14T19:21:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/"},"wordCount":584,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg","keywords":["biodiversity lecture","Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture","faculty-in-the-news","Foreman Biodiversity Lecture"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/","url":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/","name":"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for - Stetson Law News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-30T16:51:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-14T19:21:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0fac07473b375fbe8b453c4576be5344"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Rodrigo_feature.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"caption":"Dr. Rodrigo A. Medell\u00edn"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2021\/03\/30\/bat-man-of-mexico-says-we-have-much-to-thank-little-to-blame-bats-for\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u2018Bat Man of Mexico\u2019 says we have much to thank, little to blame, bats for"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/","name":"Stetson Law News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0fac07473b375fbe8b453c4576be5344","name":"Ashley McKnight-Taylor","url":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/author\/amcknighttaylor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30222"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30229,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30222\/revisions\/30229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}