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"Dracula visits Venezuela"
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08-10-08, 02:16 PM (EST)
 
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"Dracula visits Venezuela" |
LAST EDITED ON 08-10-08 AT 04:45 PM (EST)Apparently he's brought rabies with him. Wonder how many of these bats are among the undead? 38 People in Venezuela Die After Being Bitten by Vampire Bats Edit: Oops, that link above is to an article I was going to post to the "Feminism in Russia" thread in answer to Prof's comments -- of course, sexual harassment isn't "gone" in the U.S. either. Maybe the VAMPIRES are among the harassers? Naah. Only in Buffy's world. Here's the real link:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400901,00.html
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mysticwolf 10692 desperate attention whore postings
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08-10-08, 04:12 PM (EST)
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4. "RE: Dracula visits Venezuela" |
No. Rabies is fairly promenent in bats, however they are able to live with the bat rabies virus and don't show the same signs of infection that we see in other mammals. Granted, most cases of rabies transmission to humans world-wide are caused by dog bites, not bats, but there is a very good reason why they recommend that any young or mentally incapactitated person found in a room with a bat, or anyone who wakes up to find a bat in their bedroom, begin treatment and submit the bat for testing ASAP. The fear comes from a combination of how prominent it is in the species along with the reality that, unless you feel the bite, you're unlikely to be able to see any puncture. We're not even allowed to handle our education bat unless we've had our rabies shots. (Although, I was allowed to pet him once - very, very against the rules.) And, Ozzie was born at the zoo and has been hand-raised since birth. We're pretty confident that he doesn't carry the virus, but we really can't be certain. 
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08-10-08, 04:18 PM (EST)
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5. "RE: Dracula visits Venezuela" |
LAST EDITED ON 08-10-08 AT 04:22 PM (EST)Our bat researchers in the department back in grad school did have to get their shots. In all their combined years of collecting bats they'd only ever had one turn up rabid and at least back then it was considered quite rare and they nor anyone they knew had ever actually brought back a rabid one. They had to get a booster even though no one was bit as they fed it and had contact with the saliva. (When I found bats in my bedroom they told me I had nothing to worry about, but it may also be the species we had vs what they were collecting in other areas). They seemed to think some of the regulations was much more about the fear of bats rather than the relative risk. Around here I'd get the shots if I was collecting most any mammal in the wild like a raccoon or a fox. We've got quite the epidemic. ETA: I can understand extra caution if they tend to be less likely to show symptoms. But at least back then (late 1980's) the % of bats with rabies in our area was much less than the % of most everything else that carries them. Things may have changed.
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08-11-08, 08:49 AM (EST)
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08-10-08, 04:34 PM (EST)
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8. "RE: Dracula visits Venezuela" |
Way cool! I'm ordering the "Bat"chelor Pad Condo.
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08-11-08, 02:46 PM (EST)
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19. "RE: Dracula visits Venezuela" |
Those are for werewolves, silly.
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08-11-08, 00:17 AM (EST)
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13. "RE: Dracula visits Venezuela" |
From the article: "Homo sapiens is a pretty easy meal."It's about here I'd expect to see AyaK's recycling trademark. 
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Yeah, I read this yesterday, and rabies is no fun. It sounds like preventative measures can be made feasible, though.
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08-11-08, 02:36 AM (EST)
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LAST EDITED ON 08-11-08 AT 02:40 AM (EST)It sounds like preventative measures can be made feasible, though. Maybe. I hope so. All I know is that the cost of the initial vaccination shots and titre tests here would cost me ~$300. And, as with your dogs or cats, they don't last forever. You have to get boosters every 3 years. If it's a matter of mosquito netting to keep them out at night it's a lot more cost effective. And, given that mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal in the world, that could help them with more than bats. Sort of surprising that at least that level of help hasn't already been made available.
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Edit for premature entry. I still hate this keyboard.
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08-11-08, 03:31 PM (EST)
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20. "RE: Dracula visits Venezuela" |
From the article:Dr. Charles Rupprecht, chief of the rabies program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, agreed with their preliminary diagnosis. "The history and clinical signs are compatible with rabies," Rupprecht told The Associated Press on Friday. "Prevention is straightforward: Prevent bites and vaccinate those at risk of bites." He doesn't say how to prevent bites or who pays for vaccinations or how much they cost. I can imagine that it'd be costly, and those who get bitten would go ahead and take a risk if they could not afford a vaccination. From what I read in this article and elsewhere, the bats usually feed on sleeping people or animals. So, a preventative measure is to sleep indoors with doors and windows closed, or within some kind of enclosure (maybe mosquito netting?) within the dwelling if it is open. Mosquitoes scare me. I contracted dengue in Malaysia and I'm at serious risk if I contract it again (not the same strain, but one of the other three strains, which go ultra-virulent with the original strain antibodies already in the body).
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