# Emma Teeling: The secret of the bat genome

In Western society, bats are often characterized as creepy, even evil. Zoologist Emma Teeling encourages us to rethink our attitude toward bats, whose unique and fascinating biology gives us insight into our own genetic makeup. (Filmed at TEDxDublin.)

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 16 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science, Nature, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/EmmaTeeling_2012X)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/EmmaTeeling_2012X?play=1)