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Guess what I found in my house this morning?


He was sound asleep. I put a glove on and touched him to wake him up. This is his pre-coffee photo.

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omgomgomg...the pic alone, scared me  Big Grin

Is that a bat?
It's so cute. Yeah, it's a bat.
Those fangs, tho! Big Grin
Probably not much worse than sharp puppy teeth.
(Jul 14, 2019 07:59 PM)Leigha Wrote: [ -> ]Those fangs, tho! Big Grin


Rabies, rabies...

Bats pose biggest rabies threat in US
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti...-threat-us

Researchers looked at trends in human exposure and deaths from rabies from 1938 to 2018, according to a special report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). They found that 70% of all fatal human rabies infections were caused by bats.


https://batworld.org/rabies-info/

[...] If you are awake and conscious, you will likely feel a bat bite because they feel like sharp needle jabs. According to the United States Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most people usually know when they have been bitten by a bat. However, a bat bite can be superficial and not easily noticed. [...] All mammals can contract and carry rabies, however bats are not asymptomatic carriers of the disease. In reality, bats contract rabies far less than other animals. Less than 1/2 of 1% of all bats may contract the disease. A variety of wild animals (rabies vector species) can catch rabies, including foxes, skunks, raccoons, coyotes and bats. Cats and dogs and even livestock can also contract rabies.


https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/education/index.html

Most bats don t have rabies. For example, even among bats submitted for rabies testing because they could be captured, were obviously weak or sick, or had been captured by a cat, only about 6% had rabies. Just looking at a bat, you can t tell if it has rabies. Rabies can only be confirmed in a laboratory. But any bat that is active by day or is found in a place where bats are not usually seen like in your home or on your lawn just might be rabid. A bat that is unable to fly and is easily approached could very well be sick.
(Jul 16, 2019 04:50 PM)C C Wrote: [ -> ]
(Jul 14, 2019 07:59 PM)Leigha Wrote: [ -> ]Those fangs, tho! Big Grin


Rabies, rabies...

Bats pose biggest rabies threat in US
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti...-threat-us

Researchers looked at trends in human exposure and deaths from rabies from 1938 to 2018, according to a special report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). They found that 70% of all fatal human rabies infections were caused by bats.


https://batworld.org/rabies-info/

[...] If you are awake and conscious, you will likely feel a bat bite because they feel like sharp needle jabs. According to the United States Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most people usually know when they have been bitten by a bat. However, a bat bite can be superficial and not easily noticed. [...] All mammals can contract and carry rabies, however bats are not asymptomatic carriers of the disease. In reality, bats contract rabies far less than other animals. Less than 1/2 of 1% of all bats may contract the disease. A variety of wild animals (rabies vector species) can catch rabies, including foxes, skunks, raccoons, coyotes and bats. Cats and dogs and even livestock can also contract rabies.


https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/education/index.html

Most bats don t have rabies. For example, even among bats submitted for rabies testing because they could be captured, were obviously weak or sick, or had been captured by a cat, only about 6% had rabies. Just looking at a bat, you can t tell if it has rabies. Rabies can only be confirmed in a laboratory. But any bat that is active by day or is found in a place where bats are not usually seen like in your home or on your lawn just might be rabid. A bat that is unable to fly and is easily approached could very well be sick.

Yea, they are SO not ''cute.''  Confused