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Girl battles flying bat!
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Posted on 08/03/2005 9:10:25 AM PDT by Cowman
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To: rwfromkansas
Amazing video as the bats came in to feed on people as they slept. Did they leave their victims coffee and sandwiches like the Red Cross does?
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posted on
08/03/2005 10:06:36 AM PDT
by
Cowman
(Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
To: VeritatisSplendor
My son was at camp when the couselor woke up with a bat on his bed. Everyone in the cabin got rabies shots as a precaution as sometimes you don't know if you have been bitten because the bites can be as small as a mosquito bite. The shots were no big deal.
To: VeritatisSplendor
Agreed,
from what I gather, the saliva can carry rabies and enter through mucous membranes or microscopic skin tears.
So better check the bat and be safe.
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posted on
08/03/2005 10:11:41 AM PDT
by
najida
(Today AC--- Now I'm living for ice cubes and a phone.)
To: dandiegirl
Well, we had a bat in the house five years ago - we opened the door and it flew out - but as we had been sleeping and did not know for sure we had NOT been bitten (you really cannot tell) we all five of us got- the bat was in there- rabies shots. VS had been sleeping on the living room couch and at first we thought just he would need them, but his doctor said, "All of you."
Mrs VS
To: fella
All five of us had to have rabies shots a few years back. Insurance covered most, but it wasn't anything like $1800 apiece as I recall. Still pretty steep, though.
Mrs VS
To: Darksheare
Awesome bat ping - thanks!
To: Borax Queen
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posted on
08/03/2005 10:22:30 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
("Just because I have a paper heart, doesn't mean tearing it is okay." -The man with the candy face)
To: The Bat Lady
This one's up your alley.....
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posted on
08/03/2005 10:32:28 AM PDT
by
tarawa
To: Cowman
get these in my house everyonce in a while. i have a 100+ year old house, which has a couple of openings aparently. i've gotten to the point where i can cut them out of the air first try with a ghurka.
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posted on
08/03/2005 10:34:54 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
To: rwfromkansas
They did slap on some "you saved my life by giving blood" sticker on the wound. :)
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posted on
08/03/2005 10:47:04 AM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: OldFriend
You're right about that. I've had three bats in my living room this summer. All separate episodes.
To: Drawsing
Deer + 20% beef fat = dang good burger off the charcoaler!
No ticks on them either after 3 frosty nights in the fall.
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posted on
08/03/2005 10:57:06 AM PDT
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: Darksheare
"I didn't do it!" Nice try, but I hear you were caught in the act.
.
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posted on
08/03/2005 11:00:44 AM PDT
by
sweetliberty
(Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.)
To: sweetliberty
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posted on
08/03/2005 11:02:26 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
("Just because I have a paper heart, doesn't mean tearing it is okay." -The man with the candy face)
To: msmagoo54
Now we see where they are coming in behind the fascia board on front of the house. Not sure what to do. We can get a power hose and chase them out......and hope they don't come back.
Hubby won't kill anything.......not spiders, bees or bats.
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posted on
08/03/2005 11:16:58 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
I feel sorrier for the bat than the girl.
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posted on
08/03/2005 11:50:27 AM PDT
by
D-fendr
To: absolootezer0
get these in my house everyonce in a while. i have a 100+ year old house, which has a couple of openings aparently. i've gotten to the point where i can cut them out of the air first try with a ghurka. Much easier than cutting them out of the air with a gherkin...
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posted on
08/03/2005 2:43:50 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Be vewwy vewwy qwiet, we're hunting wahabbits...)
To: Rodney King
No you don't. Rabies shots are painful. They caught the bat and tested it and fortunately she doesn't need one.
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posted on
08/03/2005 2:45:42 PM PDT
by
Junior
(Just because the voices in your head tell you to do things doesn't mean you have to listen to them)
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