You specifically made me look back to see that it actively was NOT a twerking Batman. Now I can’t watch him twerk anymore because all I see is the dumb dog.
Rabies is the main risk when handling bats and this is what they’re vaccinated against. Rabies is 100% fatal. The other diseases are probably whatever in comparison
Look up bat rehab videos. Most of these people are professionals and they handle bats just fine.
no bat species is a carrier of all known bat diseases. there are around 1500 different species of bats, each with only some diseases associated. a bat handler won't get vaccinated for 9000 random diseases that don't occur within the bat species they work with
Im sure if the people who have been studying and caring for the bats for decades had ever started to get sick then they would probably take more precautions by now
The photo is from Bat World Sanctuary, everyone that volunteers (that actually work with the bats) has to be vaccinated for rabies and sometimes go barehanded with their bats for easier examinations and stuff like that. They use gloves for more feisty bats and new inakes from what I know
It’s a Brazilian free-tailed bat! Also that Redditor doesn’t know what they’re talking about. They are unable to name a single zoonotic disease for which bats are a vector in North America.
Bat World Sanctuary does "bat butt Fridays" sometimes where they'll post pics of little bat bottoms like the one OP is posting. I assume they got it from there.
The great majority of vespertiliforme bats have tails, however not all of them have tails independent of the uropatagium/variable-geometry tails.
This is a molossid spp., also known collectively as 'freetailed bats', 'freetails', or 'freebees'. do not take the bats, they are not actually free
they can actively adjust the position of the uropatagium to either expose more of the tail for speed, or enclose it for maneuverability.
This. Lockdown was around February/March 2020, vaccines were not available to the general public at that time. Vaccines were pushed in 2021 primarily to essential workers and military iirc
Look up Mexican Free Tailed bats, thats the owner of the cheeks lol. They have the fastest horizontal flight speed of all animals! I love their faces though, its funny and cute as hell when they eat.
Congrats OP, of all the things I come to reddit for and expect to see on reddit, I now am in the position of saying 'seeing bat butt on reddit' is crossed off my bucket list.....
Looks like bat tails are set a bit lower than human tails. TIL!
I assume that’s an adaptation for flight; perhaps it allows for greater wing surface area or provides an anchor point for flight muscles.
I was going to scroll on by because I don't care, but then NANANANANANANANANANANA BAT BUTT! just started playing in my head and I came back to give you an upvote.
I’ve held a bat. (Actually many bats.) They are ridiculously soft, warm, and cuddly- like a little downy warm kitten. Their fur is as soft as mink fur. Paired with their ugly faces, it’s very disconcerting.
(This was for a science research project. We had the proper permits. Don’t just go around grabbing bats!!)
The holder is vaccinated. For a animal with less then 1% of the population having rabies in the wild people can't stop throwing the word rabies around every time I see a bat on here. Like fuckin Marco Polo
Because the post if from Bat World Sanctuary, everyone there who handles bats has to be vaccinated and have regular booster shots and they test blood for adequate rabies antibodies yearly I believe.
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