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08-16-2007, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Newboater
Yupper - bats are nasty. This one was flying around my computer room.
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Rats with wings. |
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08-16-2007, 10:30 AM
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Now this may be a reach, but If rabies were able to be carried from animal to animal by insect bites. (Think: How do animals initially contact rabies? I know it will be passed from animal to animal, probably from shared food, but it has to start somewhere!)
If mosquitos or ticks were ale to transmit the disease, then bats could contract it.
I'm just thinking out loud.
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08-16-2007, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by FishermanTim
Now this may be a reach, but If rabies were able to be carried from animal to animal by insect bites. (Think: How do animals initially contact rabies? I know it will be passed from animal to animal, probably from shared food, but it has to start somewhere!)
If mosquitos or ticks were ale to transmit the disease, then bats could contract it.
I'm just thinking out loud.
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Only mammals can contract rabies, and only from the saliva of an infected animal. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-17-2007, 06:32 PM
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and in massatwoshets
BATS AND RABIES
As with most mammals, including dogs and cats, bats can carry the rabies virus, but it is estimated that the number is less than one percent. Rabid bats are rarely aggressive toward humans and usually die shortly after becoming infected. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, there has never been a confirmed case of bat-transmitted rabies in the state.
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08-17-2007, 06:50 PM
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Whatever... They are still scary looking...  |
I'm going where I'm going... 
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08-17-2007, 06:59 PM
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Whatever... They are still scary looking... |
So is my wife without makeup.  Sometimes i could swear she is rabid.LOL |
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08-17-2007, 10:47 PM
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I'm going where I'm going...
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08-18-2007, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Raven
BATS AND RABIES
As with most mammals, including dogs and cats, bats can carry the rabies virus, but it is estimated that the number is less than one percent. Rabid bats are rarely aggressive toward humans and usually die shortly after becoming infected. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, there has never been a confirmed case of bat-transmitted rabies in the state.
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Exactly.
It can't be stressed enough how beneficial bats are to the environment.Think about this:if everyone had a bat house with a dozen bats in their backyard there would little to no 'squitos which translates to no EEE,West Nile etc.
According to the CDC most rabies cases in the US are caused by bats but not from being attacked so to speak but because the person infected handled the infected bat.At the same time according to the CDC bats have the smallest percentage of rabies of any mammal.
Simply put...don't touch the bat and you won't get rabies.
Btw bats are not rodents.No relation to rats,squirrels or bunnies. |
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