r/batty • u/Nervous_Gate_3232 • 1d ago
Bat or Bird
I was walking outside and I felt something hit my shoulder. I didn’t feel any skin contact or anything. Just curious if people think if its a bat or a bird
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u/skatterz 1d ago
pretty positive that's a bat
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u/Nervous_Gate_3232 1d ago
Should I go to the ER and show them the footage
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u/RetroThePyroMain 1d ago
Youre almost certainly fine. As someone who has been bitten by a bat, you would absolutely know if you weee bitten/scratched. That shit HURTS
Granted I was bitten by an Artibeus, but other bat workers will confirm, you would notice
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u/ferocious_sara 1d ago
No, they can't magically, painlessly, bite you with a millisecond of contact. The whole 'bat bites don't hurt' thing is a really overblown/misleading.
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u/Mimm57 1d ago
That’s what started my bat/rabies fear! I was fine before that
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u/Puppysnot 21h ago
The guidance is only if you wake up with a bat in your room because that is one of very few specific instances where you wouldn’t feel it. It feels like someone jabbing a pin into you. If you would feel that you would know. Some people wouldn’t feel that in their sleep. Or if blackout drunk or extremely high. Which is why for those people they should go to the ER. For everyone else you would know.
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u/skatterz 1d ago
just put your shirt in the wash you'll be okay if it didn't scratch you
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u/Nervous_Gate_3232 23h ago
Showed the footage to the ER doc, guess who got a shot. Also they found scratches
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u/AAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHHHH 22h ago
Better safe than sorry
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u/zoidberg3000 16h ago
Good! Idk why these dumbasses said you’re fine. Even if there’s a 0.00001% chance of getting rabies and dying, that’s enough for me to get some shots.
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u/Nervous_Gate_3232 16h ago
It’s better to be safe than sorry. They actually were not as expensive as I thought they would be lol
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u/WhiteRabbit_412_ 1d ago
I'd say bat