We lived in Missouri for 4 years and never saw a mosquito thanks to the purple martins and bats.
Rescued a Bat
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Yep. Also, big fruit bats = big fruity bat crap. Went out to the car late last night, looking for a pair of headphones my daughter "misplaced". Didn't find them of course, but because I went out bare foot I did find the massive bat scat on my driveway.
I do
Not sure but I like to stumble around and eat people and other things maybe I cosplay walking dead to much
Although the bat population in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area is estimated at tens of millions, you rarely see one face to face. They're the small kind with blind eyes and ugly faces. Twenty years ago, we were at night at the pool of a hotel located right on the triple border, in the middle of the jungle. My wife said to me, "What are those dark birds flying overhead over the pool?" My love, they're not birds at all...
I was brought up to fear bats,but I don't think they are that scary, maybe in the late 70s and early 80's when I was a kid watching all kinds of horror movies. NOW snakes is a WHOLE OTHER TOPIC!
Well, there's always some wise-guy trying to drive a stake through your heart!
Man you should consider taking a vacation in Papua New Guinea, I'm pretty sure that cannibalism is very much still a thing there.
Hope you were wearing heavy leather gauntlets
A man died recently in Queensland, Oz from bat lyssavirus after being bitten by a bat he was freeing from a net.
He contracted the disease despite getting a post- bite vaccine and tragically passed away some weeks later
A man died recently in Queensland, Oz from bat lyssavirus after being bitten by a bat he was freeing from a net.
He contracted the disease despite getting a post- bite vaccine and tragically passed away some weeks later
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Which would YOU rather be locked into this...
...building with?
A swarm of bats?
Or a gang of monkeys?
Which would YOU rather be locked into this...
...building with?
A swarm of bats?
Or a gang of monkeys?
I’m a risk-averse townie.
Monkeys are notorious for passing on rabies
I give all non-domesticated animals a wiiiiiiiiiide berth
I don’t pet stray or strange dogs or cats ie ones I am not familiar with.
Monkeys are notorious for passing on rabies
I give all non-domesticated animals a wiiiiiiiiiide berth
I don’t pet stray or strange dogs or cats ie ones I am not familiar with.
Absolutely the bats. 1-3 rabies deaths a year from bats. Those monkeys in an enclosed building would F you up.
We have bats in TN. I wish we had more, but my wife is disinterested in me putting up a bat box.
This video always gets me in the feels though (regarding bats)
He used his fingers well to add to the creepiness. I don't think later Draculas were that detail oriented.
I’ve helped quite a few rattlesnakes off of dirt job sites. Cooler months they’ll congregate under the equipment that’s lined up after shift to be found chilly and slow come morning.
As to bats, who else here caught them by throwing their ball caps in the air (often at the same time of evening as running around filling jars with fireflies)?
I like bats. But in the USA, bats (and skunks, and foxes) can get rabies and give it to people. That's why, if you wake up in a room and there is a bat, you're supposed to get it and you tested for rabies. Just recently a bunch of tourists were sleeping in a hotel in Grand Teton and they discovered a bunch of bats. In all likelihood it's just a false alarm, but protocol is to not risk it and get tested ASAP. You don't want to risk it.
All you have to do is see a video of what terminal rabies looks like in a human to know why. And most cases that don't get caught in time become terminal.
Rabies | Teton County, WY
www.tetoncountywy.gov
Hundreds may have been exposed to rabies at bat-infested cabins in Grand Teton National Park
Up to 500 people stayed at the eight Grand Teton National Park cabins that were affected, officials said.
www.cbsnews.com
I didn’t say the practice was safe or made out parents happyI like bats. But in the USA, bats (and skunks, and foxes) can get rabies and give it to people. That's why, if you wake up in a room and there is a bat, you're supposed to get it and you tested for rabies. Just recently a bunch of tourists were sleeping in a hotel in Grand Teton and they discovered a bunch of bats. In all likelihood it's just a false alarm, but protocol is to not risk it and get tested ASAP. You don't want to risk it.
All you have to do is see a video of what terminal rabies looks like in a human to know why. And most cases that don't get caught in time become terminal.
Rabies | Teton County, WY
Hundreds may have been exposed to rabies at bat-infested cabins in Grand Teton National Park
Up to 500 people stayed at the eight Grand Teton National Park cabins that were affected, officials said.
As a predator hunter and desert outdoorsman I’m fully aware of the threats posed by wildlife.
A little off subject , but I watched a news story about a Conn. woman who was severely mauled by her neighbor's chimpanzee . It was possibly the creepiest animal attack story I've ever heard of .
Not going to post a vid , it is hideously visceral .
Note to self : don't keep a wild animal as a pet . They--are--wild--animals ...............