Jasper HamillThursday 21 Feb 2019 12:37 pm Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messenger You’ve heard of bird flu, but the next epidemic to hit Earth and kill a lot of humans could come from bats. That’s the warning from scientists who fear the creepy flying mammals could be ‘reservoirs for a new type of influenza virus’ which has the potential to ‘attack the cells of humans and livestock’. Researchers from the University of Zurich have warned that bat flu viruses can mutate so they pose a risk of infection to humans. This process is called zoonotic transmission and ‘at worst can lead to a global influenza pandemic with numerous serious illnesses and deaths’. Could bats spark a pandemic which sweeps the world? (Picture: Shutterstock) And in case you’re not scared enough already, bats are already known to be carriers of Ebola. ‘Such an…