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Vampire bats kill 13 people in Brazil
Reuters ^ | Saturday, April 3, 2004

Posted on 04/05/2004 11:39:31 AM PDT by presidio9

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:04:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Rabies-carrying vampire bats killed at least 13 people in a remote Amazon town in Brazil's northern state of Para last month, authorities said on Friday.

The state health care department said the thumb-sized creatures had attacked about 300 people -- an unusually high number -- since March 2 in the riverside Portel area, next to the world's biggest estuarine archipelago of Marajo.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: vampirebats

1 posted on 04/05/2004 11:39:31 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9
Thought this was a story about Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil...
2 posted on 04/05/2004 11:45:42 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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3 posted on 04/05/2004 11:47:11 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Hi Mom! Hi Dad!)
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To: MD_Willington_1976
I was just thinking that no matter what else is bothering me in the world, at least I have not been bitten by a vampire bat in the last month or so. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
4 posted on 04/05/2004 11:47:40 AM PDT by presidio9 (the left is turning antisemitism into the new homophobia)
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To: presidio9
Keep the faith bro. Don't give into the dark side. I'd rather be dead than . . well . . undead.
5 posted on 04/05/2004 11:50:35 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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To: presidio9
Chills up the spine. Rabies is just about the nastiest death imaginable for any mammal, and that includes us.
6 posted on 04/05/2004 11:53:33 AM PDT by Billthedrill (Become a monthly FR donor...or the puppy gets it...)
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To: presidio9
"The spokeswoman said government scientists suspect the attacks are linked to a change in the bats' migration pattern caused by deforestation."

Of course it's man's fault, it couldn't possibly be anything else.... /sarcasm

7 posted on 04/05/2004 12:04:27 PM PDT by SW6906
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To: SW6906
I heard there is a critical shortage of garlic, due to mankind's overindulgence in pizzas, down there.
8 posted on 04/05/2004 12:40:40 PM PDT by Safetgiver
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To: presidio9
This is good for business.
9 posted on 04/05/2004 12:42:27 PM PDT by vetvetdoug (Vampire bats are little Democrats looking to suck your blood and give you diseases.)
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To: cyborg
Wicked vampire kiss ping. Maybe the Boyz should go investigate how hard a vampire bat bite is. Maybe cradle one under their armpits.
10 posted on 04/05/2004 1:41:40 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear missiles: The ultimate Phallic symbol.)
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To: spetznaz
Lord don't give Steve-O any ideas!
11 posted on 04/05/2004 5:08:02 PM PDT by cyborg (Frankenfreude radio death watch has commenced)
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