Bats at dusk are twitching and preparing for an evening of hunting

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Bats at dusk are twitching and preparing for an evening of hunting

August 19, 2006 by rockwatching

IMG_5238, originally uploaded by Mic2006.

Check these guys out, there were several clusters of these furry little agglomerations hanging from the roof. Some had fluffy white bellies. I find them quite endearing and have a bat house in my garden.

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5 Responses to “Bats at dusk are twitching and preparing for an evening of hunting”

on August 25, 2006 at 3:57 pm1 npanth

Cool! Those are cute little guys. I’ve built bat houses before, but I don’t have one hanging right now. I do know of a good bat area south of Rochester.
on August 30, 2006 at 3:13 am2 Fred Howard

Received word from an E.R. nurse who just received a patient who was cycling and struck a bat on his bare chest and was bitten. The B.C. Health Authority treats all bat bites in British Columbia as though the bat was rabid. Scary concept, as the treatment for a rabies bite is extreme and prolonged.. so please be careful when in proximity to bats, as cute as they are.
on August 30, 2006 at 6:14 pm3 greg

Fred, Bats can get rabies like any other mammal.
and die from it, they are not carriers.
Bats aren’t usually rabid, but to be safe I’m sure the health
Authority whated to treat, because if you show the symtoms
of rabies it’s to late to treat, and is fatal!
Bats usually try to stay away from us, so a bat that is on the ground or doing unusual thing, like not staying clear of us, mit be
sick.
The treatment isn’t like it once was, only a few shots in the
arm now. Not thow the stumic into the spin like it once was,
when they first had a treatment.
Before they had a treatment getting bitten by a rabid animal
was a terable drawn out way to die.
In Ontario if you get bitten
the vaccinations are payed for free. If you are going to
handle wild animals the vaccination will cost you.
So if you get bitten by anything you show seek treatment right
away! cats and dogs also have nasty bactieria in there mouths.

There was one and only one, case I heard of of a woman how had developed rabis. They treated her and also put her into a coma
and she did survive. This is the first and only time this
happend. I don’t now if there were any lasting effects?

Please don’t let bats freak you out. I like them. There kind of
cout and cuddle don’t you think. I’ve been near lot at a time,
in caves and outside when there are eating all the insects that
are trying to eat me. Remember some mosketos have
west nile virus. And who really like to get bitten anyway.
Bats help keep the planet form being over run with flying bugs!
CaveSafe, Greg.
on September 2, 2006 at 4:15 pm4 Mick Gordon

Bats are wonderful creatures. Mick
on September 22, 2006 at 1:31 pm5 Mario

Batman!!
Hi Mick,
I’ve been few days in the black forest (south germany) I’ll publish soon some pics on istante.

Mario

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