Bat in a white suit. Democratic convention
Posted on 07/30/2016 3:18:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
According to the South Central Public Health District five bats have tested positive for rabies since early June. Rabies can be fatal to humans and animals if not treated early. Bats are considered natural reservoirs for rabies.
Tanis Maxwell with South Central Public Health District says in a news release, “the number of phone calls we have received about dead bats has increased recently”, however Maxwell noted “that no bats in south central Idaho have tested positive for rabies and the statewide numbers do not indicate an increase in the number of infected bats”.
Laboratory testing is the only way to determine if a bat has rabies. There are signs that may indicate that a bat may have rabies, such as any bat active by day or a bat that is inside a place it normally wouldn’t be seen like a home or on a lawn. SCPHD also says bats that can’t fly are a good indication it could have rabies. Health officials say to never touch a bat regardless if it seems healthy or not. Therefore, it is best never to handle any bat. Plus, rabies can be easily be spread to other animals. The Centers for Disease Control says other animals like dogs, cats, cattle, and dogs are the most common animals to get rabies. It can be prevented with proper vaccination of pets.
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There goes my plans for tonight.
People have to be WARNED to avoid contact with bats?
I’ll be darned.
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The first paragraph says that 5 bats have tested positive for rabies since June. The second paragraph says that no bats have tested positive. Are they Schrodinger bats?
I had a coworker who thought she found a dead mouse in her garage. But when she went to scoop it up to discard it, it whipped around and bit her. It was a bat. She took it immediately to the county public health lab, and it tested positive for rabies.
Well, so much for my vampire bat petting zoo...
What a bunch of killjoys.
Robin will be so disappointed
I want the government to stay out of my cave!
Prolly should stay away from the fruit bat petting zoo, too.
We live out in the sticks and have a couple different species of bats here - tiny black ones and a brown type with around a 12 inch wingspan. If we forget and leave the patio umbrellas open, they will roost underneath them overnight and poop on the fabric. Couldn’t figure out where the stains came from at first. They eat a lot of insects and are fun to watch at twilight.
I was bitten by a bat and had to get rabies shots.
Now, I’ll have to find my old DVD of 1979’s movie, “Nightwing.”
What a horrible looking creature.
Good Lord.
Who the hell WANTS to touch bats?
I know people used to use the guano, but that was so 19th century.
I caught a zubat.
Especially moonbats.
If you are able to touch it, you shouldn’t be touching it.
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