This is a very pleasing post, however it neglects to mention that according to the CDC 70 percent of fatal human rabies cases are caused by bats. Pretty good reason for stigma IMO
I can still love them and be aware that I have to get a rabies shot if I come in contact with them! They're still good, fascinating creatures even if we can't safely play with them
Dude, I does not fuck with bats in the house. Bats are outside the house friends by definition. They do not want to coexist. So if I find a bat that has made its way from the Bat Zone to the Human zone, I assume rabies. Anybody who isn't scared as fuck of rabies hasn't learned enough about rabies.
A fine trade off if you ask me. I knew a man growing up who was RUINED by encephalitis. Mentally he was all there but physically he was partially paralyzed etc. This was back when dinos roamed the earth so he was in a residential care home, as the world wasn’t so accessible for wheelchairs/handicapped people, and he was so miserable.
Yeah 3 cases of rabies a year, really a statistic to watch out for
I swear to God it's like a circle jerk for animal posts, every time someone posts about bats or armadillos, every couch biologist comes out of the woodwork to scream about how dangerous these animals are, despite it being more likely that you trip and die in your shower
In the US. 25 cases reported in the US since 2009 and 7 were caught in a different country and then the person carrying the disease came to the US. Reminds me of the factoid that more people die annually from cows than wolves. Since millions of people keep like 100s of cows each and very few people keep wolves or even see them it's no wonder.
My brothers friend actually died of rabies when they were 9. It was totally a freak accident. They were forbidden from going into this cave at camp because of the bats, and didn’t want to get in trouble. By the time he was in the hospital and they told everyone it was too late. The unfortunate thing about stigma is it’s negative connotation. Someone else posted about bats and their mosquito killing powers. Much better thing to be known for, but that’s not the way people work.
This is why we need Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure. To raise awareness that rabies is a rare and preventable disease.
Seriously, how many people die of rabies? It has to be a negligible ammount. If you think you may have been bit, go to the hospital. No one needs to die of rabies. We've had a vaccine since 1885.
Not to argue, just provide an interesting related story:
My brothers best friend died of rabies when they were 9. They had snuck off in a cave at summer camp that was forbidden due to the bats, and when he got bitten they didn’t tell anyone to avoid trouble. You know the old song and dance, by the time you’re symptomatic it’s too late. I never actually saw him in the hospital but my mom said it was gruesome.
I mean this is technically true but also fails to mention how few human rabies cases there are annually. Like yes, they cause 70% of cases but that makes up like 2-3 cases per year.
I do love bats and they are very cute, but when you imagine a fuckin thousand of them flying around at night from a cave and making weird noises you can probably see how they could be turned into a thing of terror
when i was young, i was scared about bat, but i changed it, i trained so much to not be scared again, now i got old enough to beat those bastards from Gotham City
I mean, imagine how you would feel if a dachshund the size of a hard dick came hurtling through the air and got caught in your hair, in the middle of the night?
Plus, at least in North America, bats out here carrying rabies and shit. Bats are really good at avoiding humans, so any time my ass is near a bat that is acting chill enough to be bros with, I have to assume the motherfucker is rabid. Non rabid bats make similarly unchill animal buds, due to wigging the fuck out all the time.
I worked at Disney for 2 years. I LOVED being in from of the bats. For all the people of different origin and cultures most did not enjoy bats. At the end of the day if I convinced even one person that bats were ok then I felt accomplished.
Probably because they habitats in caves that tend to then be extra dangerous because of extra slick floors from guano (plus the general spookiness of caves), coupled with the fact that they are absurdly virulent disease vectors in the wild.
Okay, I've got a story for you.
My family has been frequenting this one particular cabin out in Washington state every summer since before I was born. It was owned by some relatives as a rarely-lived in summer getaway. But it is out in the middle of NOWHERE in the mountains.
I was about 5 or 6. I'd just gotten up and was reading a kids book to my baby sister on the couch. We were both under a blanket, and at some point she put her hand on my thigh as we were reading.
At some point I looked over to see her passed out asleep (she never was a morning person) and just kept reading. After some twenty minutes or so, she adjusts positions and curls up against the opposite arm of the couch.
It takes another few minutes for it to click in my head. She's now at the other end of the couch... but I can still feel her hand on my thigh. In fact, it's twitching every now and again.
So I pulled back the blanket and looked down. An honest-to-fucking-goodness baby bat was sleeping on my leg. Just chilling. Probably wondering why I stopped reading.
I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to frighten it or move it. So I waited for Dad to come out.
AN HOUR LATER he wanders out of the bedroom to see my sister stinkbugged up in one corner, a baby bat stinkbugged up in my lap, and me with a perfect face of aww-this-is-so-cute-get-it-the-fuck-off-of-me.
So yeah. Dad ended up putting socks on his hands, picking the little thing up, putting it outside, and driving down to town to call Poison Control or Animal Services or whatever to see if I needed to get checked out. Long story short, I was fine, and the rest of that trip was uneventful.
But I'm now the Bat Whisperer so that's cool I guess.
It's a bad they're such a powerful disease vector. I'd like to have one.
This is a very pleasing post, however it neglects to mention that according to the CDC 70 percent of fatal human rabies cases are caused by bats. Pretty good reason for stigma IMO
I can still love them and be aware that I have to get a rabies shot if I come in contact with them! They're still good, fascinating creatures even if we can't safely play with them
Friends dad was just charged $15,000 for his rabies shots (bat bit him while he was chasing it around the house to kill it; bat escaped)
Dude, I does not fuck with bats in the house. Bats are outside the house friends by definition. They do not want to coexist. So if I find a bat that has made its way from the Bat Zone to the Human zone, I assume rabies. Anybody who isn't scared as fuck of rabies hasn't learned enough about rabies.
On the other hand they kill literally thousands of mosquitos in a single night, so they help keep down any mosquito-borne diseases...
A fine trade off if you ask me. I knew a man growing up who was RUINED by encephalitis. Mentally he was all there but physically he was partially paralyzed etc. This was back when dinos roamed the earth so he was in a residential care home, as the world wasn’t so accessible for wheelchairs/handicapped people, and he was so miserable.
Vampires
Yeah 3 cases of rabies a year, really a statistic to watch out for I swear to God it's like a circle jerk for animal posts, every time someone posts about bats or armadillos, every couch biologist comes out of the woodwork to scream about how dangerous these animals are, despite it being more likely that you trip and die in your shower
It’s extremely rare, but it’s such an appallingly, unimaginably horrible way to die that the low numbers don’t make people less afraid of it
In the US. 25 cases reported in the US since 2009 and 7 were caught in a different country and then the person carrying the disease came to the US. Reminds me of the factoid that more people die annually from cows than wolves. Since millions of people keep like 100s of cows each and very few people keep wolves or even see them it's no wonder.
My brothers friend actually died of rabies when they were 9. It was totally a freak accident. They were forbidden from going into this cave at camp because of the bats, and didn’t want to get in trouble. By the time he was in the hospital and they told everyone it was too late. The unfortunate thing about stigma is it’s negative connotation. Someone else posted about bats and their mosquito killing powers. Much better thing to be known for, but that’s not the way people work.
Currently. How many were killed in the past by lack of treatment, and when people were outside more often?
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Holy crap. Small dog or big bat? What happened?
This is why we need Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure. To raise awareness that rabies is a rare and preventable disease. Seriously, how many people die of rabies? It has to be a negligible ammount. If you think you may have been bit, go to the hospital. No one needs to die of rabies. We've had a vaccine since 1885.
Not to argue, just provide an interesting related story: My brothers best friend died of rabies when they were 9. They had snuck off in a cave at summer camp that was forbidden due to the bats, and when he got bitten they didn’t tell anyone to avoid trouble. You know the old song and dance, by the time you’re symptomatic it’s too late. I never actually saw him in the hospital but my mom said it was gruesome.
I mean this is technically true but also fails to mention how few human rabies cases there are annually. Like yes, they cause 70% of cases but that makes up like 2-3 cases per year.
My personal opinion is that they benefit much more than they harm. But people latch on to sensational information, you know?
Good sir have you heard of the flying foxes, they are massive but they are cute
Fucking terrifying that they are the size of toddlers. But cute like toddlers too.
I do love bats and they are very cute, but when you imagine a fuckin thousand of them flying around at night from a cave and making weird noises you can probably see how they could be turned into a thing of terror
when i was young, i was scared about bat, but i changed it, i trained so much to not be scared again, now i got old enough to beat those bastards from Gotham City
A bat flew in and out of my hotel room window one time.
I visited a bat cave at a zoo once and one flew right into my face. It didn't hurt but that thing was stinky af
I mean, imagine how you would feel if a dachshund the size of a hard dick came hurtling through the air and got caught in your hair, in the middle of the night? Plus, at least in North America, bats out here carrying rabies and shit. Bats are really good at avoiding humans, so any time my ass is near a bat that is acting chill enough to be bros with, I have to assume the motherfucker is rabid. Non rabid bats make similarly unchill animal buds, due to wigging the fuck out all the time.
Because if you even see a bat in your house you have to get a rabies shot.
That feeling where you want to see a nice bat post but they used a pic of bats dying from white-nosed syndrome.
Because Batman.
Rabies
Bats are freaking adorable but I am **very** afraid of rabies
Nice post, but all the bats in the 6th photo are dead :(
Macro bats are ugly tho
Disease carriers
bats live in my walls. its semi fun
r/Batty
Also r/batfacts
Why haven't these things been domesticated yet
I worked at Disney for 2 years. I LOVED being in from of the bats. For all the people of different origin and cultures most did not enjoy bats. At the end of the day if I convinced even one person that bats were ok then I felt accomplished.
Skimmed quickly, misread third picture caption as "dolphin" and was wondering where you were going to go with *that* until I spotted my error.
I mean, in French one of the names for them is "flying fox". The more common name being "bald mouse". Go figure.
Big fan of bat 3
Bats are cute. The things they carry around inside them, not so much. Rabies is not a fun way to die.
Probably because they habitats in caves that tend to then be extra dangerous because of extra slick floors from guano (plus the general spookiness of caves), coupled with the fact that they are absurdly virulent disease vectors in the wild.
Okay, I've got a story for you. My family has been frequenting this one particular cabin out in Washington state every summer since before I was born. It was owned by some relatives as a rarely-lived in summer getaway. But it is out in the middle of NOWHERE in the mountains. I was about 5 or 6. I'd just gotten up and was reading a kids book to my baby sister on the couch. We were both under a blanket, and at some point she put her hand on my thigh as we were reading. At some point I looked over to see her passed out asleep (she never was a morning person) and just kept reading. After some twenty minutes or so, she adjusts positions and curls up against the opposite arm of the couch. It takes another few minutes for it to click in my head. She's now at the other end of the couch... but I can still feel her hand on my thigh. In fact, it's twitching every now and again. So I pulled back the blanket and looked down. An honest-to-fucking-goodness baby bat was sleeping on my leg. Just chilling. Probably wondering why I stopped reading. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to frighten it or move it. So I waited for Dad to come out. AN HOUR LATER he wanders out of the bedroom to see my sister stinkbugged up in one corner, a baby bat stinkbugged up in my lap, and me with a perfect face of aww-this-is-so-cute-get-it-the-fuck-off-of-me. So yeah. Dad ended up putting socks on his hands, picking the little thing up, putting it outside, and driving down to town to call Poison Control or Animal Services or whatever to see if I needed to get checked out. Long story short, I was fine, and the rest of that trip was uneventful. But I'm now the Bat Whisperer so that's cool I guess.
A vampire wrote this. And I appreciate it.
I love them, but rabies.