So I am sitting at the bar....

[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.

[Mike P]

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.

Only mammals can contract rabies, and only from the saliva of an infected animal.

[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.

[Squid kids Dad]

Whatever... They are still scary looking...

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by Squid kids Dad

Whatever... They are still scary looking...

So is my wife without makeup. Sometimes i could swear she is rabid.LOL

[Squid kids Dad]

[basswipe]

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.

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.