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TheGrumpest
Well they do live in places that humans find creepy - dark, disused, crevice-filled places that stink of poop.
XenomorphZZ
Isnt the picture below "in caves" bats suffering from a lethal fungus infection?
theworstthing
I once saw a girl get a bat caught in her hair. We had to chase her down to get it out because she just started screaming and ran aimlessly.
CanadianPunster
Oh boy, do I have some news from the future
JojosCandyBaron
2nd pic is like he's saying staph!! i am night, i am dark!!!
PantyBoy69
Just don't touch your face after, they are crazy disease vectors for humans.
dcxiivitaquia
Bats look like hamsters that got an idea.
Istubbedmytoeonthecouch
calledwylch
Sky kittens
jonasbm
SHIKAKA
iHearGreen
I can see bats at night where my mom lives and it's pretty awesome
ilsalta
*brushie brushie*
AndrewBuggy
They also keep insect populations down.
ConfusedWinchester
ojp1977
Well, rabies, and their poop is also a big issue. But, I do really do like having them around come summer eating the bugs
GodEmperor0fMankind
Look man, bats are cool and all, but they've also got diseases in their poop and they get rabies like other wild animals.
AndrewBreault
Because they are winged rats with only like 1% of them being cute
wazscience
becuase they can give you rabies
beatlegs
technically, so could a cat or dog
SurreptitiousFishes
North American bats are known to eat up to 1,000 insects a night..each. Populations are currently threatened with White Nose Syndrome. (1/2)
SurreptitiousFishes
If lost, they could cost the U.S. up to $3.7 billion dollars a year trying to replace the pesticide benefits they provide for crops.
WellThatsOriginal
Bats are the most important part of our world. They eat those stupid fucking mosquitos. I've heard each bat can eat 1000 per night. Nice!
DoYouEvenCareAboutPeople
Fuck the squitos!
JustARandomDutchGuy
swallows help too
Sauroctonus
And the swifts and housemartins.
FuzzyBlanketSyndrome
Let's talk about rabies for a sec.
RogueOfHeart
When I was in basic training a bat landed on one of my battle buddy’s legs and hung on for dear life. The guy didn’t move a bit for fear of
RogueOfHeart
The drill sergeant smoking us so the bar stayed there until someone else said “drill sergeant there is a bat on private —-‘s leg” 2/3
RogueOfHeart
And the drill sergeant came and pried it off
Maraak
"Excellent work Private Chiroptera, you've successfully infiltrated and subdued Private —-!" *happy bat noises*
04FoxSake
and they eat mosquitos so +1
OhKittyWhoaKitty
Nighttime birdies! Sky puppies! +1 for all things bat.
NerdN1
Unfortunately they are ideal carriers for many diseases. They can carry shit like ebola and not die, but not kill the ebola.
meganical
Scientists need to catch more bats and study how Ebola doesn’t kill them
texasboykc09
Been disproven that they carry Ebola.
Hongkongcav
I heard that theyre worshiped even.....SHIKAKA!!!
Maraak
SHI-
Maraak
-CAGO YOU'RE OUT!
Roland191145
They are beneficial to the ecosystem yes. But God forbid one gets in your house. Welcome to rabies shots regardless if bit or not
cesarsucio
Why would you need a rabies shot if you weren't bitten?
aegis27
Given that rabies has a 99.999% fatality rate without the vaccine, would you want to roll the dice on it?
cesarsucio
Having seen the movie Quarantine, no I most definitely would not.
Roland191145
As it was explained to me by my counties board of health, because I had a bat in my house...bat saliva and urine may contain rabies,......
cesarsucio
Cute rabid little fuckers.
Roland191145
If the bat is infected. In addition, bat bites can be very fine and in some cases painless. By the time a human shows symptoms of rabies....
Roland191145
It is fatal. I and my ex wife were ordered to go get the rabies shots as a precaution
cesarsucio
That's terrifying.
inboxmefoxes
That 'and caves' one makes me sad... all of those bats definitely died soon after that photo, due to the white fungus on their noses.
BigKittyWolf
I was going to say just that. White-nose Syndrome stinks!
rickeyspanish
can't they just wipe it off
texasboykc09
It’s a bacterial infection that been brought to the US via human activity.
inboxmefoxes
It's not a powder, it's an infection.
Swomuchfun
Some of my best memories are working in my garden just as the sun starts to set watching the bats flit through the air against the red sky.
IcyLucario
I really love watching bats while walking home right as the sun is finally fading away for the day.
BorkBorkasson
That hit me stupidly in the feels. I’d watch them with my dad on the farm as a kid. He passed in June, and this just got me thinking of it.
Swomuchfun
Sorry for your loss man. Me and my mom always worked on ours. She's getting older now so I made her some raised beds so it's easier for her.
Swomuchfun
I'm dreading when her health starts to go.
BorkBorkasson
Thank you, and it’s a good thing you’re doing for your mom. Hang onto the moments. Afterwards, there were never enough of them.
FisterMantastic
My parents are mid to late 60's. The next decade or two terrifies me.