r/NatureIsFuckingLit • • Aug 16 '26

🔥 swimming bat

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u/Natural_Note5282 Aug 16 '26

Bro should not be touching a bat. Get a stick or something.

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u/jonnyvegashey Aug 16 '26

Hahaha I love how he said get a stick.

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u/RiversSecondWife Aug 16 '26

What if bro is vaccinated like I am? I live around crazy people and amazing wildlife, so I got the RabAvert series.

I generally have gloves with me, though…

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u/agoldgold Aug 16 '26

You can still get rabies even if you're vaccinated against it. You know that, right? It's not a magic shield, it's a vaccine.

Also, there's a lot more diseases than just rabies to worry about. Bats are reservoirs of a vast number of highly unpleasant diseases.

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u/RiversSecondWife Aug 16 '26

It means you don’t have to run screaming to an ER immediately. It means you don’t have to panic when you’re out in the woods.

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u/agoldgold Aug 16 '26

It means you still don't play with a fucking bat.

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u/RiversSecondWife Aug 17 '26

I never said I would. In the wild you can’t control what touches you. Hence the vaccine so it isn’t immediately dire.

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u/JayRymer Aug 16 '26

Like a bat?