Fruit Bats Could Hold Key To Curing Diabetes, Scientists Find

Scientists have set out to discover how fruit bats have evolved to consume so much sugar. 2H MEDIA VIA UNSPLASH.

Fruit bats could hold the answer to curing diabetes, scientists have revealed. A high-sugar diet for humans can lead to diabetes, obesity and even cancer, but fruit bats survive and even thrive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit every day.