In other words, now SARS-CoV-2 is being passed from humans back to other animals. Who's to say what direction things went in at this point? Wouldn't bats be even more susceptible than, say, lions?
I assume you could maybe tease some of this out with molecular phylogenetics but who knows at this point.
Just to take one example: researchers are finding zoo animals in the US are testing positive for COVID:
https://zooatlanta.org/update-on-zoo-atlanta-gorilla-populat...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bears-bab...
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/update-covid-19-positive-gre...
In other words, now SARS-CoV-2 is being passed from humans back to other animals. Who's to say what direction things went in at this point? Wouldn't bats be even more susceptible than, say, lions?
I assume you could maybe tease some of this out with molecular phylogenetics but who knows at this point.