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[–] 01011@monero.town 1 points 4 minutes ago

I'm genuinely envious.

[–] apocalypticat@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

"Bat drip" does not sound like something I want anywhere near my mouth if I'm being honest.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

One person's perk is another person's nightmare.

[–] invalid_name@lemm.ee 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

One of these people is objectively wrong. Sorry.

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

In bat or other animal sanctuaries, all animals are checked and treated by vets, they are not a risk for the workers there.

Like this Lord of the Night

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago

Is she eating those?

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 50 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

wow a bat flittered into me in my office hallway today, awkward flight like a moth, weighed practically nothing when it hit my leg. it was hairy and cute with black ears. i brought it outside. then i go on lemmy and see a fricken bat necklace.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

A bat being active during the day and colliding with you is very abnormal behavior. If rabies exists where you are (this includes the UK for bats) see a doctor ASAP. Like, I wouldn’t go to bed without doing it. It’s possible for you to be bitten without feeling it because of how small they are, and disorientation is a sign of rabies in bats.

It’s totally fixable even if it did have rabies and bite you, you just have to go get a (normal, NOT in the stomach) post-exposure shot.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 36 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

you're very right. i went and got the first shot. will need 4 total.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I’m glad you got seen by a doctor!

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, on the one hand, yes. But, we just missed out on the opportunity to relive the carbon monoxide Reddit saga in real time!

Edit: with a less happy ending, though.

[–] Copythis@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

We did it guys!

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I agree with the others. Get a shot now. The survivability if rabies is virtually 0 when symptoms show up

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Wait? Somebody survived rabies after symptoms show up?!

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

One girl did after they put her in an induced coma and hopped her up on antivirals. The treatment was called the Milwaukee Protocol but has only worked once.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Still sounds awful.

I’m so glad my doc insists on jabbing me with almost every single vaccine he can get his hands on.

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

IIRC, there's one tribe of humans somewhere that regularly survives rabies, but it's some pretty entrenched genetics that they can't replicate yet.

But beyond that, it's basically a sure thing you'll die.

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 45 points 12 hours ago

Did it hit any bare skin? Might be a good idea to get shots for rabies. Bat bites and scratches can be so small we don't feel them.

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Imagine working in a gorilla sanctuary.

[–] kerrypacker@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

Tiny gorillas hanging on my neck.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago

or a sperm bank

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 62 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I worked at a pet store in college. There was a really chill baby king snake there that I’d hang out with when I was working the cash register. He’d loop around my neck and just hang out like a little snake necklace for hours. Scared the shit out of a few customers who thought he was a piece of jewelry until he moved 😅

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Aw man I wish I could've hung out with animals when I worked cash

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Too busy serving them instead aye.

Edit: I realise this can go two ways. I’m implying that the customers are animals. Not that you worked serving up food.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

Jealous! Way better than a lap cat on so many levels...

[–] Nounka@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago

Now... That is the cutest thing i saw today. And this afternoon i learned about mini cows. So that sais a lot.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 73 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I used to intern at a wildlife sanctuary and I used to stick baby raccoons on me like velcro and walk around while I clean their enclosures and stuff.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 48 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Not exactly the same, but my wife and I are babysitting our daughter's guinea pig, and she needed to clean his pen last night so asked me to hold him.

He was so gloriously chill. He just sat with me eating a carrot and watching TV.

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

I love guinea pigs. They are absolutely chill; capybaras and guinea pigs seem to be the same animal sized in xs and xl

I had one I used to hold in my arm like a football or a baby. His head would be in the crook of my arm and I'd hold his butt in my hand and he'd drape his back legs over my arm. He would stay like that for hours he was so content

I don't have any pictures of him handy, but he was adorable. Calico colored with short hair up front and long hair in back. And he was a big boi! He wasn't fat, just grew very large

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I have my dad baby sit my piggies when I clean their cage too. The only downside is when we come to collect them, revealing the trove of accumulated chocolate tic-tacs beneath their bum.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 2 points 51 minutes ago

If you have to be pooped on by an animal, guinea pig is definitely the animal to pick.

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 4 points 13 hours ago

Here I was thinking it was a small skunk before reading fully 🙂

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is how I imagine half this sub spends their nights, the other half are sobbing at a 47 page scientific papers incorrect usage of the word "disambiguation"

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Disambiguate it for us. We don’t know what it means.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 7 points 9 hours ago

It's when you write a diss track to take down the ambiguity

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

female bats still fly while menstruating

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Estrus in bats - some bloody discharge while in the fertile part of their cycle. Only great apes have menstrual cycles (shedding unused uterine lining at the end of a cycle, NOT fertile when discharging blood).

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Wicked just got a whole lot more interesting.

^fly^ ^my^ ^pretties!^

[–] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 4 points 8 hours ago

Welcome to Bat Facts !

[–] Big_Bob@hexbear.net 7 points 14 hours ago

Yyyup, that's the smile of a woman who wears bats as necklaces.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 9 points 15 hours ago

Holy bat-bling!

[–] WhyFlip@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

That's so adorably batty!

[–] parody@lemmings.world 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

This is just me, but bats give me the creeps so this is a personal nightmare IRL

[–] Batman@sopuli.xyz 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Ride that fear. Conquer that fear. Control that fear. Use it to strike terror into your enemies hearts.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

Step one: be born into obscene wealth

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago

yeah I think they're kinda cool from a distance but "what if rats could fucking fly" can't be that fun up close.