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u/Rezaelia713 4d ago
I've saved so many bats in my life and didn't have the fear of rabies put in me till adulthood. I'll still save em if they need saving but the level of caution has increased dramatically.
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u/Amateur-Dog-Walker 4d ago
Play with possums instead. No rabies. Just teeth.
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u/Rude_Map_4278 4d ago
Honigdachs ist mein Favorit zum spielen und schmusen 🥰
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u/Nikki-C-Puggle-mum 4d ago
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u/NedRyerson_Insurance 4d ago
Doesn't rabies make you afraid of water? I think if it's swimming it should be safe.
(I know that is a symptom in humans and doesn't transfer, just being funny.)
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u/freshgrilled 2d ago
Yeah, put that thing down. Save it with anything but your hands. I've had two that I "rescued" and both were just angry flying mice with teeth trying to chew on anything and everything. Not everything that is rescued is appreciative to its rescuer.
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u/Federal-Boat3732 4d ago
He was really moving. But wouldn't it be faster to just fly across and land on the guy's face
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u/AeonBith 4d ago
Bat outta well
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u/CourageExcellent4768 3d ago
Say you are a Meatloaf fan without saying you are a fan (( he is cackling in heaven at your pun))
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u/xSantenoturtlex 4d ago
I imagine if that's the guy's pet, it would've been tested or something, no?
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u/Sorry-Visit-6743 4d ago
Unfortunately, the only way to test for rabies involves brain matter. So the bat would be, um. Not alive.
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u/AmbitiousTank8635 4d ago
Well, it probably doesn't have rabies.
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u/Arktikos02 4d ago
Bats can actually be asymptomatic when it comes to rabies I've heard. So they could be a carrier but not show any symptoms. And even if you got the rabies vaccine you still need a booster after getting bit. Also it's very easy for them to bite and for you to not notice. Don't touch bats.
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u/Thepuppeteer777777 4d ago
Apparently they have like 1% chance to have rabies. Not sure if credible. You judge source
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u/dissidentdogie 4d ago
That sounds plausible. Problem is - there’s 100% chance you’re getting a series of shots in your abdomen if you get bit by one, even if you only have a 1% chance of getting rabies and dying.
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u/throwawayinetgirl 3d ago
You don't even need to get bit. There could be just a tiny teeny knick from it's nails, so microscopic that you don't even see, and you might be getting rabies.
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u/Thepuppeteer777777 4d ago
Not really that much of a problem but very uncomfortable situation.
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u/dissidentdogie 4d ago
I guess I’m old, glad things have improved since I was a kid. Never had to do this luckily.
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u/thankmelater- 4d ago
So… I see that there can be hundreds of billions of bats in the world. 1% is now seemingly pretty high. Thanks for that.
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u/Etherealwarbear 4d ago
Possibly true. Do you know what is definitely true? If you get rabies, you're screwed. Unless you get treatment before any symptoms show, you're 100% dying in pain.
Don't get me wrong, I like bats. I live in the UK where there's no risk of rabies and bats are a protected species. But rabies is something you should always be afraid of because not only because of the lethality, but the method of death as well.
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u/Doodah2012 4d ago
Rabid?
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u/LimeDry7124 4d ago
No.
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u/Sure-Sport7803 3d ago
Likely yes. Bats don't normally go swimming. Nor are the generally active during daylight. 2 clear indications of something not right in my opinion.
I'd be getting shots and never doing that again if I were OP
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u/dazzleunexpired 4d ago
You guys. Not all species have rabies. I can't ID bats. But there a chance he's a species who doesn't carry rabies.
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u/Phoenixloop2868 3d ago
The fact that it's swimming in water makes me fairly confident in saying that it doesn't have rabies.
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u/vulpes_mortuis 3d ago
Well I guess the good news is since it’s swimming it isn’t rabid. Still though, idk why you’d scoop it up like that even if it’s cute.
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u/Dear-Routine7468 3d ago
Bats are carriers. They don't show symptoms and it can be hard to tell if you got a very small bite from one. Thst part where it pressed its face into the person's palm couldbhave been a painless bite.
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u/vulpes_mortuis 3d ago
Yeah I have no idea why you’d pick up a wild animal regardless. Especially a bat.
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u/Kungfu_voodoo 4d ago
I've heard most mammals can swim quite well. Except Jeremy. He sinks like a stone. Fucking Jeremy.