--- title: Wild birds, bats and germs from animals — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Wild birds, bats and germs from animals», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Animals can carry germs and tiny parasites that do them little harm but can make people ill: salmonella on turtles, lizards and b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Wild birds, bats and germs from animals # Wild birds, bats and germs from animals Lesson 29 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 22 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/0/) — Animals can carry germs and tiny parasites that do them little harm but can make people ill: salmonella on turtles, lizards and baby chicks, worms in dog poo, Lyme disease from ticks, and rabies or similar viruses in some bats. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/1/) — The simplest protection is washing your hands with soap and warm water for about 20 seconds after touching animals, their cages, food or poo, and before you eat. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/2/) — Never touch a bat, even one lying on the ground, or a dead bird or animal: tell an adult, who will call a wildlife service or rescue. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/3/) — After walking in long grass or woods, check your skin for ticks; if you find one, an adult removes it with fine tweezers, pulling it gently straight out, close to the skin. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/4/) — Wild birds and their nests deserve respect: watch them from a distance, never disturb a nest or take eggs, and in many countries nests of wild birds are protected by law. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/5/) — For example, a boy who holds his pet tortoise and then eats crisps without washing his hands can swallow salmonella germs and get a bad stomach illness. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/6/) — Children who visited a petting farm in England and did not wash their hands properly caught a germ called E. coli; some became very ill and had to go to hospital. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/7/) — A boy in California picked up a bat lying on the ground; it bit him, and he needed a series of injections to protect him from rabies. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/9/) — Turtles, tortoises, lizards, snakes and baby chicks often carry salmonella germs. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/10/) — Wash your hands with soap and water for about 20 seconds after touching animals and before eating. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/11/) — Never touch a bat; some bats carry rabies or similar viruses. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/12/) — Any bite or scratch from a bat or a wild animal must be shown to a doctor quickly. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/13/) — Never touch a dead bird or dead wild animal with bare hands. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/14/) — Ticks are tiny biters that live in long grass and woods and can spread Lyme disease. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/15/) — Check your skin for ticks after walks in long grass or woods. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/16/) — Dog poo can contain worm eggs, so it should always be picked up and binned. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/17/) — Worms are common in children and are easily treated with medicine from a doctor or chemist. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/18/) — It is against the law in many countries to disturb the nests of wild birds or take their eggs. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/19/) — Hand gel does not clean well when hands are visibly dirty, and after touching farm animals soap and water work better than gel. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/20/) — Soap loosens dirt and germs so that water can rinse them away; water alone washes off much less. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/21/) — Bats can carry rabies, a disease that is deadly once symptoms start but can be prevented with injections given soon after a bite. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/22/) — Animal germs can make people very ill, so hands must be washed with soap and water after touching animals. - ← previous: [Farm animals and horses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/28-farm-animals-and-horses/) - next →: [Thinking like an animal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/30-thinking-like-an-animal/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)