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08-15-2007, 11:57 AM
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A woman killed a rabid raccoon with her bare hands after it attacked a toddler on the south shore. They are both undergoing treatment.
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08-15-2007, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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the problem is
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Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44
A woman killed a rabid raccoon with her bare hands after it attacked a toddler on the south shore. They are both undergoing treatment.
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for every one strange story like this....of a single rabid racoon that went ape%$%$%$%$...
probably 2000- 5000 racoons get run down, run over on purpose because the driver steers towards them instead of avoiding them chuckling to his buddies 2 points (bump bump) for the rabid racoon... and mind you i'm not against killing them either because they are or can be a real nuisance and pest
especially when it comes to hen houses or other gamebird enclosures.
i just think the news sensationalizes the story a bit and increases the hysteria and or paranoia times ten. |
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08-16-2007, 09:21 AM
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Location: Rochester, NH
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Nasty Bats
Yupper - bats are nasty. This one was flying around my computer room.
Lee
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The Ole Sarge
RC&SU (Rude Crude & Socially Unacceptable)
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway
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08-16-2007, 09:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Newboater
Yupper - bats are nasty. This one was flying around my computer room.
Lee
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Rats with wings. |
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08-16-2007, 10:30 AM
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Now this may be a reach, but If rabies were able to be carried from animal to animal by insect bites. (Think: How do animals initially contact rabies? I know it will be passed from animal to animal, probably from shared food, but it has to start somewhere!)
If mosquitos or ticks were ale to transmit the disease, then bats could contract it.
I'm just thinking out loud.
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08-16-2007, 10:14 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
Now this may be a reach, but If rabies were able to be carried from animal to animal by insect bites. (Think: How do animals initially contact rabies? I know it will be passed from animal to animal, probably from shared food, but it has to start somewhere!)
If mosquitos or ticks were ale to transmit the disease, then bats could contract it.
I'm just thinking out loud.
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Only mammals can contract rabies, and only from the saliva of an infected animal. |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-17-2007, 06:32 PM
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and in massatwoshets
BATS AND RABIES
As with most mammals, including dogs and cats, bats can carry the rabies virus, but it is estimated that the number is less than one percent. Rabid bats are rarely aggressive toward humans and usually die shortly after becoming infected. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, there has never been a confirmed case of bat-transmitted rabies in the state.
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