The night-flying various bats,
Ward bacteria off with ease,
That cause, in Man, many a disease.
In mammals, longevity and weight
Usually well correlate,
But in a year, a mouse is done for,
While bats lives to 40, even more.
Bats' longevity and skill
To keep pathogens, without ill
Has to do with a bat's way
To repair its DNA.
In their constant for food quest,
Bats consume a million pests,
And they may provide the clue
To beat cancer, as they do.
If research can ever learn
From the bat, how to discern
Bats' immunity, and imitate
How pathogens to tolerate,
We could easily say that,
We've learned wisdom from a bat...