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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Since I'm scared of the amount of viruses bats carry, I would be scared shitless. (as a sidenote I'm going to assume these bats are not carrying any viruses)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

+2 for baby bats

-1 for Papyrus

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Illegally cute 🥺

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I'm genuinely envious.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

"Bat drip" does not sound like something I want anywhere near my mouth if I'm being honest.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One person's perk is another person's nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Can't believe the writers left us hanging for a sequel for so long!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In bat or other animal sanctuaries, all animals are checked and treated by vets, they are not a risk for the workers there.

Like this Lord of the Night

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

OH MY GOD IS THAT A BAT SHAPED PACIFIER?! I CANNOT CONTROL MY CUTE AGGRESSION RIGHT NOW!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Eating? No, of course not.

Look at this as the bat-world’s equivalent of that that Piper Perri meme.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

female bats still fly while menstruating

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Estrus in bats - some bloody discharge while in the fertile part of their cycle. Only great apes have menstrual cycles (shedding unused uterine lining at the end of a cycle, NOT fertile when discharging blood).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wicked just got a whole lot more interesting.

^fly^ ^my^ ^pretties!^

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Welcome to Bat Facts !

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Imagine working in a gorilla sanctuary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Tiny gorillas hanging on my neck.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Show me a single law that does not permit the wearing of a tasteful pearl necklace.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Now... That is the cutest thing i saw today. And this afternoon i learned about mini cows. So that sais a lot.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 months ago (4 children)

wow a bat flittered into me in my office hallway today, awkward flight like a moth, weighed practically nothing when it hit my leg. it was hairy and cute with black ears. i brought it outside. then i go on lemmy and see a fricken bat necklace.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

bats just look scary up close flying if your not used to it, but yeah they look like moths. source: used to see bats in old friends farm house.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree with the others. Get a shot now. The survivability if rabies is virtually 0 when symptoms show up

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wait? Somebody survived rabies after symptoms show up?!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

One girl did after they put her in an induced coma and hopped her up on antivirals. The treatment was called the Milwaukee Protocol but has only worked once.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Still sounds awful.

I’m so glad my doc insists on jabbing me with almost every single vaccine he can get his hands on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

IIRC, there's one tribe of humans somewhere that regularly survives rabies, but it's some pretty entrenched genetics that they can't replicate yet.

But beyond that, it's basically a sure thing you'll die.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A bat being active during the day and colliding with you is very abnormal behavior. If rabies exists where you are (this includes the UK for bats) see a doctor ASAP. Like, I wouldn’t go to bed without doing it. It’s possible for you to be bitten without feeling it because of how small they are, and disorientation is a sign of rabies in bats.

It’s totally fixable even if it did have rabies and bite you, you just have to go get a (normal, NOT in the stomach) post-exposure shot.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you're very right. i went and got the first shot. will need 4 total.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m glad you got seen by a doctor!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, on the one hand, yes. But, we just missed out on the opportunity to relive the carbon monoxide Reddit saga in real time!

Edit: with a less happy ending, though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

seriously, i'm realizing now this might have saved my life.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I'm glad we brought it up and glad you took it seriously!

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago

Did it hit any bare skin? Might be a good idea to get shots for rabies. Bat bites and scratches can be so small we don't feel them.

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