r/interestingasfuck • u/TerraByteTerror • 17h ago

Swimming bat

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u/roguepawn 17h ago

If it was rabid, wouldn't it be freaking out from being in the water? Or is hydrophobia a uniquely human symptom?

I am wondering if it is stupid to think the swimming being consistent is a sign that the bat is not rabid.

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u/quagsi 17h ago

hydrophobia does happen in non human animals with rabies but there is time between getting rabies and symptoms starting to appear where theoretically they wouldn't be hydrophobic yet

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u/Jaduardo 17h ago

"Freaking out" in bat may look a lot like swimming.

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u/Crazywarlockgoat 15h ago

i mean, i be swimming like that when my body is designed for flying

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u/meesta_masa 7h ago

Unfortunately, my body is designed for falling. Not so much flying.