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  • David Croylecroyle@wandering.shop
    Jul 2, 2026, 4:09 PM

    @LeslieBurns When we were little kids, my stepsister got bitten by a bat overnight that had flown down the chimney in her room. She was fine, but a rather freaked out and needed rabies shots.

    I would have made a LOT more vampire jokes if she wasn't traumatized by the whole thing.

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  • Leslie BurnsLeslieBurns@esq.social
    Jul 2, 2026, 4:52 PM

    @croyle I've had a fear of bats getting caught in my hair since I was a kid. So, this story of waking up to a bat on his face was bad enough....rabies and death are just morbid gravy.

    **shudder**

    @CStamp

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  • CarolynCStamp@mastodon.social
    Jul 2, 2026, 5:05 PM

    @LeslieBurns I’ve always been fascinated by them, did a project on them in grade 4, so knew that they wouldn’t fly into my hair. I was once outdoors with a friend and his telescope and bats were around, some whizzing between our legs. It was amazing watching them. I did have a childhood fear of dragonflies because older kids told me they would sew people’s lips together. One day, I realized I never saw anyone with sewn lips, then became fascinated by them. :) @croyle

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  • CarolynCStamp@mastodon.social
    Jul 2, 2026, 4:33 PM

    @LeslieBurns He died because his parents didn’t immediately take him to an ER as a precaution. Once symptoms show, a person is toast. I hope this is seen by enough people to remind them of this. Don’t touch bats and if a bat touches you, hightail it to a doctor.

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  • Ludwig Vielfrasslerxst@az.social
    Jul 2, 2026, 6:53 PM

    @LeslieBurns if you know you've had proximity to a bat, you should always get rabies treatments. A lot of bats that bite do so with very tiny mouths and you might not feel it even awake, much less sleeping.

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