The Fact Is…7/21

The Fact Is....

So..do bats freak you out?  Then you should probably continue reading so they freak you out even more!

Check this out...did you know that bats, even those with rabies, can bite you in your sleep and you would never know?  Yep...true fact.

The CDC actually warns humans that bats with rabies can bite you while your sleeping without you even realizing it.  Hawaii is the only state that doesn't have rabid bats.  We're finding out through research that bats are the key proponent in giving us humans rabies.  Awesome news I know.  Yep...bats are the culprit in giving us that brain swelling, mouth frothing disease that can put you 6 feet under.

Bats freak a lot of people out, and they should. The CDC warns that a bat with rabies can bite a human sleeping without them realizing they were bit. Rabid bats have been documented in 49 of the U.S. states. Hawaii is rabid bats free. The more research we do into rabies, the more we are finding out that bats are a key figure in giving humans rabies. Isn’t that just fantastic! Not only are bats creepy and remind us of shiny, emo vampires, but they can give us a brain swelling, mouth frothing, deathly disease.

So, since we can't feel those little vampires bite us, what do you do if you find a bat in your room?  The CDC says that you should go to the hospital and get a rabies show STAT! And to make matters worse, the CDC wants you to catch the bat, hahahahaha, so it can be tested for the crazy disease.

I guess you could say, this info could drive you BATTY!!!! HA!