So, they’re on the lookout in Seattle for two people that fed water to a bat that turns out to have had rabies.
I guess the bat was found in a Seattle park, so the two people were walking through, found the "friendly bat" and decided it must be thirsty or something so they stopped to give it some water. And then afterward they left–after leaving a note on the doorstep of a nearby house?–and later the sick bat was found and taken in by animal control where it was tested and found to be suffering from rabies.
Seriously people: Bats do not want to be your friend. They are very shy creatures, and if they are healthy, they will stay away from human reach.
If a bat is lying on the ground, flying erratically, or not trying its best to avoid contact with a human or other animal, then it is likely very sick and should not be messed around with. You should call animal control and not approach the bat yourself.
Rabies is not only deadly but it’s a terrible way to die. Like, one of the worst natural ways to die. And once you are showing symptoms, that’s pretty much it. You are going to die screaming.
"But they have a cure for rabies now!"–That protocol has saved the lives of a handful of children, and only one of them was left without lifelong disabilities.
Why risk frying your brain to a crisp when you can use your brain to tell your body to go to the ER and get a rabies shot? Because if you’re showing signs of rabies, it’s too late. You’re going to die.
Please stop messing around with wild animals. They don’t like it. And the risk is not worth it.
And if you see sick bats or other animals acting in weird and "unnatural" ways, it is better to give a call to animal control than to ignore the problem, because while you may walk away perfectly fine, you don’t know what can happen to the next person that comes along.
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OTOH if a bat does this it’s perfectly normal behavior
I’d need thought about how bats pee or what they look like down there, but now a mystery I never knew existed has been solved. He was so casual about it to lol.
Probably wondered why everybody started shouting and laughing when he peed.