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Vampire Bats Biting People
nationalgeographic. ^
| July 16, 2009
Posted on 07/17/2009 8:24:39 PM PDT by JoeProBono
MUCH LIKE THEIR MYTHICAL NAMESAKES VAMPIRE BATS MUST FEAST ON FRESH BLOOD EVERY 2-3 DAYS OR DIE OF STARVATION.
THEY SEEK OUT WARM-BLOODED MAMMALS THRIVING OFF DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK LIVING IN THE TROPICAL REGIONS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
MOST VICTIMS NEVER FEEL A THING AND THE BITE ITSELF IS SUPERFICIAL.
BUT INCREASINGLY BATS ARE TARGETING HUMANS AND THE ENCOUNTERS ARE TURNING DEADLY.
THE BATS ARE BLAMED FOR RABIES OUTBREAKS IN PERU AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GRANTEE DANIEL STREICKER IS RESEARCHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES AND EXTENT OF THE DISEASE.
"Vampire bats are kind of the perfect storm of different ecological characteristics. On the one hand these bats are feeding on larger mammals which are susceptible to rabies and in order to feed on these animals, to drink their blood, they have to bite and biting is also the main route of transmission of the rabies virus."
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bats; pests; vampirebats; wildlife
To: JoeProBono
Such a cute little face...
To: JoeProBono
Bush's fault!
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:25:52 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
To: JoeProBono
Vampire bats
Cradle to grave democrats.
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:30:12 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: JoeProBono
Ah! Please stop YELLING!
It's bad enough these damn bats
keep attacking me . . .
To: theFIRMbss
Direct quote: check the link
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:33:45 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
RATs and bats are related - in many ways.
To: WorkingClassFilth
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:35:58 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
My dad did wonders with a tennis racket and toilet paper when the bats got out of hand around the back porch light. Just sayin’
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:37:48 PM PDT
by
50cal Smokepole
(Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
To: 50cal Smokepole
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:44:20 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Can we get a side-by-side of the bat and Henry Waxman?
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:18:41 PM PDT
by
optiguy
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
To: JoeProBono
Want to see a good vampire bat movie?
Nightwing
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:22:56 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: optiguy
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:23:17 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:29:47 PM PDT
by
ironwill
(III - Molon Labe)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:31:24 PM PDT
by
optiguy
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
To: JoeProBono
Hillary was bitten a long time ago
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:49:18 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(It's not that liberals are ignorant, it's that they know so much that isn't so - Ronald Reagan)
To: JoeProBono
Tennis rackets will cure this problem...unless you are asleep.
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posted on
07/18/2009 7:27:16 AM PDT
by
keving
(We get the government we vote for)
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