SARS Spread by Bats

I'm not terribly surprised by this, but considering how SARS and the "avian" flu can have fairly similar symptoms I wonder if bats - even though they are mammals and not birds - could spread the bird flu as well.

Now, the same time SARS broke out, I happened to be taking a three week vacation in ICU with SARS' nasty big brother, ARDS, which isn't known to be communicable. If the bird flu is anything like SARS or ARDS, God help us. Two and a half years later, I have yet to draw a breath that is not accompanied by staggering pain and a sense of my left lower lung being on fire, an effect of all the scar tissue left behind by a respiratory syndrome that turns your organs to jelly.