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Ex-libtard 131 points ago +131 / -0

Looks delicious, right guys

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South_Florida_Guy 75 points ago +75 / -0

If that's the soup of the day, I'll have the salad.

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BigAmericanParty 36 points ago +36 / -0

Ah, but Sir, what if I told you the bat was raw?

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South_Florida_Guy 51 points ago +51 / -0

Waiter, what is this bat doing in my soup???

It appears to be the backstroke, sir!

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WU_HAN_FRU 18 points ago +18 / -0

Best website ever!

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Rudygarrido 18 points ago +18 / -0

Does he look rattled?... 🤷🏻‍♂️

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linereddit 12 points ago +12 / -0

Scramble two eggs, add bat and 1/2 cup hash browns, sprinkle with grated cheddar, top w/ guacamole and salsa, wrap in a large, lightly grilled tortilla.

Share with health - conscious stranger who brought you coffee.

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Raindrops1984 15 points ago +15 / -0

So help me, if you taint the revered Goya with Chinese flying rat, I’ll make Nancy Pelosi give you a lap dance.

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Gulleyfoyleismyname 11 points ago +11 / -0

Dude that's harsh!

🤮

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Okieshartpostdoke 9 points ago +9 / -0

The salads also have bats

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AlphaNathan 13 points ago +13 / -0
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MAGANatsFan 8 points ago +8 / -0

Posting that was ... Im lost for words. Warning please

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Ex-libtard 6 points ago +6 / -0

Just the worst.

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SomeDiggity 11 points ago +11 / -0

Not everyday some soup fixins fly into your home.

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WU_HAN_FRU 4 points ago +4 / -0

Still squeakin’!

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Strike_Eagle784 4 points ago +4 / -0

Man, are those bats, or rats? Either way, those poor animals...at least have the dignity to kill them first, it's inhumane...

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FluffiPuff 13 points ago +13 / -0

Not gonna lie, I LOVE Bats - outside, flying in God's nature. Inside, not quite as much.

Bats are frens, not soup.

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RaginJake379 0 points ago +3 / -3
  1. Will I die/ get sick if I eat the animal in question?
  2. Is the animal more useful to me alive?

If you answered no to both questions, it's food.

Now that I think about it, when is the last time that cat of mine actually caught a mouse? Hmm.

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FluffiPuff 2 points ago +2 / -0

reeeee muh furry frens are tasty

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ShalomRPh 6 points ago +6 / -0

And eat lots and lots of mosquitoes.

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Basedcanadian 12 points ago +12 / -0

Found the spy...

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clearsighted 85 points ago +85 / -0

No joke, but I think that China has deliberately exported parasites, plants, insects, fish and such from their country around the world as a form of psychotic long-term terraforming. Chinese beetles and shit have already destroyed huge swathes of our country's eco system, including elm trees.

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chelthing 15 points ago +15 / -0

Yep. Snakehead fish in my area.

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smartredditor 13 points ago +13 / -0

Their Emerald Ash Borer destroyed a beautiful, 100+ year old Ash tree in my front yard. Tree had a diameter of almost 4 feet.

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Furaffinitydotnet 13 points ago +14 / -1

I think it's the shipping containers and the pallets (bugs in the wood).

The ships also dump water into the ports. Large reason for the Great Lakes getting clean is the zebra muscles, which aren't native. They did clean the water up.

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clearsighted 9 points ago +9 / -0

You're probably right about the zebra mussels - who first showed up in the Great Lakes in the 1980s. But I think that especially in the last 10 years, it's become a deliberate policy.

That said, the zebra mussels have done more harm than good: https://oceanactionagenda.org/story/invasive-species-threaten-great-lakes-economy-ecosystem/

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MightyEighth 4 points ago +4 / -0

Damn I love learning new things.

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Furaffinitydotnet 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm not sure about deliberate. I think it has more to do with less and less being made in America and more and more being imported from China.

Eventually, wildlife finds it's way here.

You can call it extreme negligence on the part of the companies shipping from China, but I doubt it's intentional. Doesn't mean the shipping companies aren't responsible, either way.

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kratomlol 10 points ago +10 / -0

They do, Tim Pool I remember reported something about the FBI catching people brining in vials of viruses from china unlabeled and when tested they were stuff like H1N1 and the plague wtf.

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Toys [S] 62 points ago +63 / -1

I actually agree. This little fella was cute as hell. He was pissed that I picked him up (I had gloves on and was well covered), but he didn't get aggressive over it. Just kind of squealed at me.

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Toys [S] 9 points ago +9 / -0

Did you get the shots?

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TD_Covfefe_Crusader 6 points ago +6 / -0

Better safe than rabid.

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DisbandTheCIA 6 points ago +6 / -0

Found a little one with babies outside my house earlier this summer as well it hit the window in the middle of the day!

I consolidated the babies then got her on a branch with some shade and water nearby. She was all better and flew away that night!

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TD_Covfefe_Crusader 5 points ago +5 / -0

Yep, they are a major vector for rabies. You definitely don't want them in or near your home.

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CnnWillBlackmailYou 18 points ago +18 / -0

Same here! I even built a bat house for them. Rather have them than the mosquitoes. Had one get himself pinned between the screen and the decoration on my screen door once, and he passed out barely able to breathe. Once I got him free, he chirped at me a little, but didn't try to bite. (Was also wearing thick leather gloves).

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StabbingRobotRoberto 8 points ago +8 / -0

wearing thick leather gloves

This is how you handle bats, folks. These little dudes are biting machines, LOL

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Wharf_Rat 6 points ago +6 / -0

i should do this as i get a shitton of mosquitoes in my yard... kinda scared though, do bats attack humans lol?

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CnnWillBlackmailYou 17 points ago +17 / -0

Non rabid ones don't. :D

The little brown bats are great. They fly around at night and chitter excitedly when they get bigger bugs.

Bat houses are super easy to build, too.

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Furaffinitydotnet 12 points ago +12 / -0

They don't attack but they might bite if you pick them up. If you get bit you need rabies shots. Which is why you're supposed to wear thick gloves.

Heddy username

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Wharf_Rat 5 points ago +5 / -0

thanks fam

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Furby4537568 4 points ago +4 / -0

Spearmint actually helps with mosquitos as well. They don't like the oils the plants give off.

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Wharf_Rat 6 points ago +6 / -0

interesting, last year we lined the yard with Citranella plants.. didn't do shit lol

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Furby4537568 7 points ago +7 / -0

The main thing that they don't like are the oils. So, candles are made with citronella oil, and that's what keeps them away.

I have a giant spearmint plant potted on our deck. Haven't noticed as many mosquitos this year.

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Nibba 3 points ago +3 / -0

It’s always really fun to sit in the back yard and watch the bats fly around! We used to get them in our house a couple times a year. It was always a blast chasing them down and they were always tame once you got them in your hand.

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Peacebears 5 points ago +5 / -0

Gloves. Good. One scratch can give you rabies

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workinating 27 points ago +27 / -0

They eat pounds of mosquitos. American bats are good to go. Just don't start souping them and everything will be fine.

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Houdini 14 points ago +14 / -0

Skymice

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EatDirtCommiePinko 10 points ago +10 / -0

They get a bad rap because they're commonly carriers of rabies, which is an absolutely horrible disease with an effective 100% fatality rate.

But they are damn cute.

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Peacebears 7 points ago +7 / -0

They get a bat rap

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Nolivesmatter 9 points ago +9 / -0

In Australia this would be classed as a microbat.

Their bats have 2 meter wing spans.

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Toys [S] 24 points ago +25 / -1

The bat is long gone. I've checked myself and my family for bite marks, none exist. We will monitor. I'm pretty positive none of us got bit in our sleep, though, as he wasn't aggressive at all. I picked him up (with big leather gloves on) and he didn't once attempt to bite, scratch, etc. He just accepted it (a little squealing at me, but nothing major).

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Toys [S] 13 points ago +14 / -1

We were alerted to the bat's presence immediately by our animals. They kept the bat tucked away in a corner upstairs, refusing to move until I removed my animals. I know I should be alarmed, but I am not.

In my town, there has been one positive case of a rabid bat since 2010. And it's not like bats aren't being tested. Two neighbors this year alone had animal control come and remove bats from their homes. Both tested negative.

The chance of the bat being rabid is pretty close to zero. Less than 1/10 of 1 percent of wild bats have rabies. This isn't not a large number. This was also a little brown bat, which very rarely bite humans even when handled by them. It is also very rare of this species to carry rabies.

It could also be a big brown bat, but that bet out here is even "safer" in terms of rabies, with only 3.8% of them tested having tested positive. That's with the bias that it's usually sick bits who bite, and it's usually sick bats who get tested.

I know I should be more alarmed, but I'm not.

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SilentSnek 10 points ago +10 / -0

Agree with Waylander. Many examples in medical literature of folks developing rabies without any signs of bit marks. I’d get my family the rabies booster immediately.

SRC: Am MD

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Toys [S] 2 points ago +4 / -2

Not sure I wanna put my family through that. I heard the vaccine is HELL

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CnnWillBlackmailYou 9 points ago +9 / -0

The vaccine isn't bad at all. I've had it, and not even kidding, if I had an excuse where insurance would pay for my boosters, I'd get it in a heartbeat.

I was actually a Rabies SME for the U.S. Army for years, and if we're being honest, it sounds like you took the proper precautions. I think your risk of exposure is exceptionally low. I won't be an alarmist here, BUT, if I had an "excuse" to go and get a booster, I would do it in a heartbeat.

Here: https://thedonald.win/p/GIEbnXXi/this-post-has-nothing-to-do-with/

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Toys [S] 4 points ago +4 / -0

When you say not bad at all, what does that mean?

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Givemeliberty76 6 points ago +6 / -0

It’s a lot better than it used to be. Not injections in the stomach. The RIg part sucks (one dose) but the vaccine itself (3 doses) aren’t that bad. Definitely better than dying from rabies. This is an old article, but proof that you can die from rabies from waking up with a bat in your house: https://www.rabieswatch.com/documents/31479179/31484278/Article+3-Whyoming+woman+death.pdf/2eb4580a-9aec-4206-a90e-4663b4a8e33d

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Deplora 2 points ago +3 / -1

The horror stories about post-exposure rabies shots are way outdated. I had them in 1991, after getting bitten by an unnaturally aggressive stray cat that couldn't be found. It was not a big deal at all. Just normal shots in the upper arm. I forget the schedule, but it was something like 5 shots, with the first 2 or 3 a week apart, and then longer times between the remaining ones. In the ER right after I got bit and clawed, they also did a bunch of little tiny shots around the perimeter of the wound. Also not a big deal.

You can also get vaccinated (pre-exposure), which is a different preparation (doesn't include the rabies immunoglobulin), and that's a 3-shot series over the course of a month. Also not a big deal.

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Toys [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

This makes me feel much much better about calling the doctor (still waiting to hear back.. fucking Coronavirus fucking up our healthcare system, man). I didn't want to put my family through that shit for a slim-to-none chance it actually bit anyone. I doubt the bat even ever landed anywhere close to the ground as it was being chased by both my cats and my dog. I couldn't see it putting itself in their reach.

But, I did call after many people here have told me it's no different than, basically, a flu shot these days. I just didn't want my family (and especially my pregnant wife) dealing with weeks of bad stomach pain, vomiting, etc for something that is such a small risk.

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Windwalker 5 points ago +5 / -0

TBF, dying from rabies is a horrible death easily prevented with a vaccine routine, which is why getting the vaccine even in probably safe situations is recommended.

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Deplora 1 point ago +2 / -1

The vaccine is not the same thing as the post-exposure shots. Normally only people who will have occupational exposure (vets, vet techs, wildlife management workers, etc) get the vaccine, which is a 3 shot series over one month. The post-exposure shots are different -- 5 or 6 shots and contain both the vaccine component and also rabies immunoglobulin.

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Windwalker 1 point ago +1 / -0

Oh nice to know!

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slrpnls 5 points ago +5 / -0

Thanks. I have a mild headache today and now I'm paranoid about getting bitten without knowing and now I'm dying of rabies (I have anxiety issues.)

I have zero fear of China flu but have a real fear of rabies.

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underthesmellybridge 6 points ago +6 / -0

You have to get the rabies vaccine.

It sucks, but you have to do it.

Seriously.

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AaronWasRight 5 points ago +5 / -0

You should really call your doctor about this. As far as I know standard protocol is to assume the bat had rabies and to get the rabies shots. It's definitely worth a phone call to confirm.

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Ih8leftists 4 points ago +5 / -1

Call a doctor, please!

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SlimeballComey 15 points ago +16 / -1

Don’t eat it!

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Slicer 14 points ago +14 / -0

Anyone who said that a single person cannot change the world has never eaten an undercooked bat.

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Minarchist_Manlet 1 point ago +1 / -0

Hey that's what my fortune cookie said!

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Ih8leftists 12 points ago +13 / -1

This is Wuhan Country!

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nimblenate 4 points ago +4 / -0

hahaha good one

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InfidelViking 10 points ago +10 / -0

Lmao. Fucking bats! I had a bat colony in my chimney for about 6 months and had to remove multiple bats from my house until I got this:

CLEANRTH CB006 Advanced Ultrasonic Bat Repelling System | Demands Bats to Leave! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DLC8HOO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GSOmFbF6PN2D7

Then no more bats....thank God....

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Toys [S] 7 points ago +7 / -0

I've been looking at where it could have come from. I should probably check my chimney. I didn't even think about that. I have just a propane stove, but it still has a chimney (for both ventalliation and looks).

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MrSir 8 points ago +8 / -0

I found one that had managed to make it from the attic down through a cellulose wall three stories and out through an audio cable hole only to die in a cabinet in the basement.

Bats are confusing creatures.

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GEoP 2 points ago +2 / -0

It's not that uncommon for one to just fly in while the door is open. I've had it happen three or four times over the years.

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iwasbuiltforcomfort 8 points ago +8 / -0

OP, if that bat touched you at all, even for a second. Go to the hospital right now and get a rabies shot. You only have 20 hours or so after infection before it's too late to save your life!

Bats are frequent carriers and small boats like that inside your home can pass the virus to humans without you even knowing it happened. Better safe than sorry!

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bidensniffingkids 5 points ago +5 / -0

20 hours?! I thought the incubation period was much longer

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iwasbuiltforcomfort 4 points ago +4 / -0

Your're not wrong. The typical incubation in humans is between 2-6 months. HOWEVER, that's the typical scenario but it can also be very fast depending on where the bite is. Once rabies has reached the spinal cord or brain stem it is almost always fatal. This can happen before symptoms appear and that's the danger here. Most instances of rabies contracted from bats, the victim often has no idea they were even bitten.

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underthesmellybridge 5 points ago +5 / -0

NO JOKE

You (and everyone else in the house) must get a rabies vaccine.

NO JOKE

This is serious. Bats bite you while you sleep and don't leave marks. Virtually all human rabies cases are caused by bats that get into a home and bite while the human sleeps.

NO JOKE

The vaccine sucks and it's a horrible experience, but you must do it. Your doctor will tell you the same thing.

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GibsonDawg 3 points ago +3 / -0

Actually you should qualify that second one. Dogs cause 98% of rabies cases GLOBALLY. Bats are higher here in the US only (roughly 70%, I believe). Sorry to sound like an argumentative Reddit fag.

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EatDirtCommiePinko 4 points ago +4 / -0

That's because rabies kills a huge number of people in India and the surrounding regions each year. It's prevalent in the dogs there and they're in close interaction with humans, so lots of rabies cases originate from them. In the U.S. there are barely any cases at all, but that's because of aggressive human vaccination and extermination of suspected positive animals. It hides out in bats and is still present in the U.S. because certain species are a natural reservoir, though we've eliminated most of the small to medium sized animal vectors.

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kleindropper 4 points ago +4 / -0

My sister's family had bats in their house and they all had to get rabies shots as a precaution. You'd better look into that.

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AsaNisiMAGA 4 points ago +4 / -0

Unleash the Chinese needle snakes!

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SilentSnek 4 points ago +4 / -0

Get everyone a rabies booster ASAP

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Indelible_Hippo 4 points ago +4 / -0

We get the stink bug / spotted lantern fly treatment where I'm from

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K-Harbour 4 points ago +4 / -0

I wonder when Austin Texas will either evacuate its people or exterminate its bats.

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pedewithweed 4 points ago +4 / -0

Was that the same bat that the Wuhan Institute of Virology blamed the Rona on?

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Jimmy_Russler 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yummy bat soup tonight boys.

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featherwinglove 4 points ago +4 / -0

Batshit crazy.

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Deathlessly 3 points ago +3 / -0

A Chinese national broke into my house this morning...

Shhhh... not too loud. You'll scare the damn bat. At least the Chinese don't eat American people.

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salvecitizen 3 points ago +3 / -0

Filthy Chicom stinkbugs launch chemical attacks on my home when I squash them. Gotta trap them in a wet paper towel.

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YourDaddyKnowsBest 3 points ago +3 / -0

Bat Soup!!!

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Azith42 3 points ago +3 / -0

man the Chinese are getting smaller and smaller due to undernutrition all the time.

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masterfulsky 3 points ago +3 / -0

Just dont eat him for dinner youll be fine

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boredrandomguy 3 points ago +3 / -0

It must have hatched out of one of those seeds that they have been sending out. ;-)

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GeauxTrump20 3 points ago +3 / -0

Winner winner bat soup dinner....🤮

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Houdini 3 points ago +3 / -0

Chill, it's just Dracula.

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RegularAmerican 2 points ago +2 / -0

Its Ozzy Osbourne

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CerebralPimp 3 points ago +3 / -0

When you wish to be a fly on The wall to listen in on a juicy bit of info, but realize The lamp was made in China.

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Xavier2337 2 points ago +2 / -0

The bat soup story is definitely a make up to spin around the fact that they made the virus in lab.

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Frostyfries 2 points ago +2 / -0

Please get a rabies shot. That shit is no joke.

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Toys [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

If our DR recommends it, we will.

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Tenspot20 2 points ago +2 / -0

Don't blame harmless Vampire Bats for what the Deadly and Poisonous Democrats have done.

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MostlyHarmless 2 points ago +2 / -0

Just say “man you came in here like the tanks from Tiananmen square.”

The confusion will give you time to escape.

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AppalachianTactical 2 points ago +2 / -0

When i find one in the house it scares the fuck out of me. Last time it happened one was circling the room and slammed into me. Their teeth are so sharp and so tiny you dont even know you are bit. I had to take it in and have it checked for rabies.

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jennyfrutex 2 points ago +2 / -0

Time for soup

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ZeroDeltaTango 2 points ago +2 / -0

Meme is funny

But perpetuates notion Wuhan virus came from bats

Instead of being engineered deliberately for its contagion properties

In a Level 4 Biolab from whence it "escaped"

But have no fear...it's thin bandana to the rescue!!!

::Black Oak Arkansas voice::

♪ Bandana to the rescue!

Bandana to the rescue!

Bandana to the rescue!

Go, Bandana! GO, Bandana! ♫

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EntilZha 2 points ago +2 / -0

If he bites you, you become Lestat de Lioncourt.

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ConservativeLatino12 2 points ago +2 / -0

LOOKS LIKE SOUP IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

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Nitrojunkie72 2 points ago +2 / -0

He cute. Get him a bat house. No more mosquitoes.

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DeusExMAGAna 2 points ago +2 / -0

Quick, eat it!!! I have to live vicariously through you. I had to stop eating bat. It was difficult. Thank god for the Impossible Bat.

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AccipiterQ 2 points ago +2 / -0

did you net it and toss it back outside?

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Toys [S] 6 points ago +6 / -0

No. I put on leather gloves, picked it up, and carried out to the tree outside. It wasn't too happy with that, but I made sure I was well covered before I touched it. Then I took a 45 minute shower, lol.

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AccipiterQ 4 points ago +4 / -0

haha good idea, they're cute looking but they're vectors for a ton of diseases

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Amaroq64 2 points ago +2 / -0

Unironically #DefundChina

Damn near everything we own is made there. That needs to change pronto.