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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Looks delicious, right guys
If that's the soup of the day, I'll have the salad.
Ah, but Sir, what if I told you the bat was raw?
Waiter, what is this bat doing in my soup???
It appears to be the backstroke, sir!
Best website ever!
Does he look rattled?... 🤷🏻♂️
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.
So help me, if you taint the revered Goya with Chinese flying rat, I’ll make Nancy Pelosi give you a lap dance.
Dude that's harsh!
🤮
The salads also have bats
https://streamable.com/qwvd27
spez: maybe NSFW
Posting that was ... Im lost for words. Warning please
Just the worst.
Not everyday some soup fixins fly into your home.
Still squeakin’!
Man, are those bats, or rats? Either way, those poor animals...at least have the dignity to kill them first, it's inhumane...
Not gonna lie, I LOVE Bats - outside, flying in God's nature. Inside, not quite as much.
Bats are frens, not soup.
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.
reeeee muh furry frens are tasty
And eat lots and lots of mosquitoes.
Found the spy...
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.
Yep. Snakehead fish in my area.
Their Emerald Ash Borer destroyed a beautiful, 100+ year old Ash tree in my front yard. Tree had a diameter of almost 4 feet.
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.
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/
Damn I love learning new things.
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.
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.
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.
Did you get the shots?
Better safe than rabid.
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!
Yep, they are a major vector for rabies. You definitely don't want them in or near your home.
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).
This is how you handle bats, folks. These little dudes are biting machines, LOL
i should do this as i get a shitton of mosquitoes in my yard... kinda scared though, do bats attack humans lol?
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.
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
thanks fam
Spearmint actually helps with mosquitos as well. They don't like the oils the plants give off.
interesting, last year we lined the yard with Citranella plants.. didn't do shit lol
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.
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.
Gloves. Good. One scratch can give you rabies
They eat pounds of mosquitos. American bats are good to go. Just don't start souping them and everything will be fine.
Skymice
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.
They get a bat rap
In Australia this would be classed as a microbat.
Their bats have 2 meter wing spans.
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).
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.
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
Not sure I wanna put my family through that. I heard the vaccine is HELL
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/
When you say not bad at all, what does that mean?
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oh nice to know!
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.
You have to get the rabies vaccine.
It sucks, but you have to do it.
Seriously.
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.
Call a doctor, please!
Don’t eat it!
Anyone who said that a single person cannot change the world has never eaten an undercooked bat.
Hey that's what my fortune cookie said!
This is Wuhan Country!
hahaha good one
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....
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).
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.
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.
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!
20 hours?! I thought the incubation period was much longer
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unleash the Chinese needle snakes!
Get everyone a rabies booster ASAP
We get the stink bug / spotted lantern fly treatment where I'm from
I wonder when Austin Texas will either evacuate its people or exterminate its bats.
Was that the same bat that the Wuhan Institute of Virology blamed the Rona on?
Yummy bat soup tonight boys.
Batshit crazy.
Shhhh... not too loud. You'll scare the damn bat. At least the Chinese don't eat American people.
Filthy Chicom stinkbugs launch chemical attacks on my home when I squash them. Gotta trap them in a wet paper towel.
Bat Soup!!!
man the Chinese are getting smaller and smaller due to undernutrition all the time.
Just dont eat him for dinner youll be fine
All kidding aside, make sure that there are no bats nesting in your attic.
https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-PHCH/Center-CH/infectious-epi/VetInfo/Rabies/BatsCombined4_200313_GB.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/histoplasmosis/
It must have hatched out of one of those seeds that they have been sending out. ;-)
Winner winner bat soup dinner....🤮
Chill, it's just Dracula.
Its Ozzy Osbourne
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.
The bat soup story is definitely a make up to spin around the fact that they made the virus in lab.
Please get a rabies shot. That shit is no joke.
If our DR recommends it, we will.
Don't blame harmless Vampire Bats for what the Deadly and Poisonous Democrats have done.
Just say “man you came in here like the tanks from Tiananmen square.”
The confusion will give you time to escape.
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.
Time for soup
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! ♫
If he bites you, you become Lestat de Lioncourt.
LOOKS LIKE SOUP IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS
He cute. Get him a bat house. No more mosquitoes.
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.
did you net it and toss it back outside?
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.
haha good idea, they're cute looking but they're vectors for a ton of diseases
Unironically #DefundChina
Damn near everything we own is made there. That needs to change pronto.