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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/25/mvh7dz7u2uxzko5eai5r.jpg?quality=75970546Researchers working in Africa are the first to observe monkeys preying on bats. The unusual behaviour, which may have something to do with loss of habitat, could explain how dangerous diseases such as Ebola spread among species — and eventually to humans.