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.
Bat Drip
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Num10ck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
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.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
you’re very right. i went and got the first shot. will need 4 total.
ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 11 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.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
I agree with the others. Get a shot now. The survivability if rabies is virtually 0 when symptoms show up
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wait? Somebody survived rabies after symptoms show up?!
Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 11 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.
apocalypticat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Bat drip” does not sound like something I want anywhere near my mouth if I’m being honest.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 months ago
One person’s perk is another person’s nightmare.
invalid_name@lemm.ee 11 months ago
One of these people is objectively wrong.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
This is how I imagine half this sub spends their nights, the other half are sobbing at a 47 page scientific papers incorrect usage of the word “disambiguation”
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Disambiguate it for us. We don’t know what it means.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
It’s when you write a diss track to take down the ambiguity
Nounka@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Now… That is the cutest thing i saw today. And this afternoon i learned about mini cows. So that sais a lot.
Hux@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Hello, Covid-24!
Zerush@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
In bat or other animal sanctuaries, all animals are checked by vets, they are not a risk for the workers there.
AquaTofana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
OH MY GOD IS THAT A BAT SHAPED PACIFIER?! I CANNOT CONTROL MY CUTE AGGRESSION RIGHT NOW!
lowleveldata@programming.dev 11 months ago
Is she eating those?
Hux@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Eating? No, of course not.
Look at this as the bat-world’s equivalent of that that Piper Perri meme.
Agent641@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Can’t believe the writers left us hanging for a sequel for so long!
beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Imagine working in a gorilla sanctuary.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 11 months ago
or a sperm bank
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Show me a single law that does not permit the wearing of a tasteful pearl necklace.
kerrypacker@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Tiny gorillas hanging on my neck.
Knelt6526@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Illegally cute 🥺
Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Illegally smol bats?
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Holy bat-bling!
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
+2 for baby bats
-1 for Papyrus
01011@monero.town 11 months ago
I’m genuinely envious.
Big_Bob@hexbear.net 11 months ago
Yyyup, that’s the smile of a woman who wears bats as necklaces.
WhyFlip@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s so adorably batty!
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 11 months ago
female bats still fly when menstruating
Lyrl@lemm.ee 11 months ago
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).
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Wicked just got a whole lot more interesting.
Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Welcome to Bat Facts !
parody@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 11 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)
Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They live in a sanctuary. They’ve been coddled their whole lives.
Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
yeah that’s what i thought.
perishthethought@lemm.ee 11 months ago
This is just me, but bats give me the creeps so this is a personal nightmare IRL
Batman@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Ride that fear. Conquer that fear. Control that fear. Use it to strike terror into your enemies hearts.
swab148@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Step one: be born into obscene wealth
pyre@lemmy.world 11 months ago
yeah I think they’re kinda cool from a distance but “what if rats could fucking fly” can’t be that fun up close.
atomicorange@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I worked at a pet store in college. There was a really chill baby king snake there that I’d hang out with when I was working the cash register. He’d loop around my neck and just hang out like a little snake necklace for hours. Scared the shit out of a few customers who thought he was a piece of jewelry until he moved 😅
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Jealous! Way better than a lap cat on so many levels…