08-16-2007, 10:14 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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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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