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Bats and being bitten...

lovely_darlingprettybaby

lovely_darlingprettybaby

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Do you think if you bitten by bat then you turn into a vampire?
That it could happen, it is scary to think of accidentally bitten then suddenly u are a vampire. I do not think it is true.
But it is possible everyone is vampires because they sure are blood suckers.
 
At my age when I think of the very few times I ever got to see a real bat, -no.

However I was fascinated to see the real thing up close in the wild. LOL....bats- not vampires. Though I wouldn't want to be bitten by a bat any more than I would by other small creatures in the wild for the same reasons.

Humans as predators I give much thought to. But vampire bats? Not at all.
 
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Bats are the single largest source of rabies transmission in the US. Granted the occurrence is minute. 21 cases, all but one proving fatal since 1997.
 
Vampires get a bad reputation. They dont kill people. They just take a tiny bit of blood to live. Plus they make for great doctors.

Source: My partner is a vampire
 
Gerontius said:
No, I don't believe that.

However if a bat bites you, do get yourself checked out for rabies.
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Not 'checked out'...you need a rabies vaccine within 48 hours. By the time that you show symptoms, or a test can come back positive, it is too late for the vaccine, and without it, rabies is 99% fatal in humans. Also, it does not need to be a bite, as rabies is transmitted via saliva.
 
lovely_darlingprettybaby said:
Do you think if you bitten by bat then you turn into a vampire?
That it could happen, it is scary to think of accidentally bitten then suddenly u are a vampire. I do not think it is true.
But it is possible everyone is vampires because they sure are blood suckers.
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I don't think being bitten by a bat will make you a vampire. But, I'm pretty sure you will become a vampire if you bite a bat.
 
Darkkin said:
Bats are the single largest source of rabies transmission in the US. Granted the occurrence is minute. 21 cases, all but one proving fatal since 1997.
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The last death from rabies in the USA was in my home state of Mississippi. A young boy, the son of two lawyers with whom I am acquainted, went on a Boy Scout expedition into a cave in southern part of the state where he apparently was bitten by a bat. He didn't tell anyone, and by the time the doctors figured out what was wrong with him, he could not be saved. Incredibly sad.

I see bats often at sunset when they fly around eating insects. I like to see them and am glad that they are here. But I would not enter a bat cave for any reason.
 
Mary Terry said:
The last death from rabies in the USA was in my home state of Mississippi. A young boy, the son of two lawyers with whom I am acquainted, went on a boy scout expedition into a cave in southern part of the state where he apparently was bitten by a bat. He didn't tell anyone, and by the time the doctors figured out what was wrong with him, he could not be saved. Incredibly sad.
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It is a blessing that rabies is as rare as it is in humans, a unicorn among a herd of horses. The rarity of the transmission is often why it has a 99% fatality rate. Profilactic treatment is ineffective after just 24 hrs.

The Milwaukee Protocol is the only known treatment to have produced a survivable result, but even that is a Hail Mary given the nature of the disease.
 
I believe that is just superstition. It may come in part because there are a few species of bats that are vampiric (if thats a word). But there are only 3 that live exclusively on blood of animals out of an estimated 1400 bat species which mostly live on bugs, fruit, etc. I actually think bats are great and amazing little creatures and some are even cute. But none are domesticatible. They have very specific and complex needs humans can not provide. Some bats can live 20 years I believe in the wild, but on average only last 1 year in capitivity.

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I'd only be worried about rabies, I think if you seek medical attention early they can prevent the virus from harming you. But I don't believe in vampires, though I met a few people when I was a teenager who claimed to be vampires.

I quite like bats, but probably not if they got too close. Like the original Mildred Hubble, I have some bats resident in our roof somewhere. I like seeing them flying around at night, but I'd prefer not to get close enough to get bitten lol!
 
Hey, that would be a great story. Somebody is bitten by a bat, then believes they are tuning into a vampire, but also they turn into a comedian and all their jokes are about blood references. I could see a TV miniseries. I need to pitch this to Hollyweird. Disney would come out with loveable little bat figures with lit-up eyes. I am going to do this as soon as l checkout some orange groves. :)
 
I'm glad we don't have rabies here, we have a lot of bats. From tiny little Ghost Bats, called that because they're so well camouflaged and move so quick that you're never really quite sure if you actually saw it or not, up to the very prolific fruit bats with a 5 foot wing span.

Lots of people here like bats and a lot of people take in injured animals and look after them.

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We have 12 types of bat here, the most common one is this one, the Northern Bat. They are small and a little cute and weird. Big ears. I like to watch them in the late summer evenings. No vampire problems here.

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Forest Cat said:
Venomous, I assume? ;) :D
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They cause a lot of power blackouts. They land on power lines and they're big enough to reach out from on line to the next. I've helped rescue a few that have been caught up on barbed wire fences too. I wouldn't want to be bitten by one, I imagine you could get terrible infections from them.
 
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