Hit in the chest by a bat
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My wife becoming an animal control office scrapped plans to put up a habitat for bats. They are great for the health of the environment and all but they are the top rabies carriers, and yes rabies in humans is extremely rare but getting thwacked in the chest or face with them at high speed might be more risky then having them in the attic.
Looks like only 1% or so of bats but just be careful playing with the bats
A few quotes from Rabies.com
"Bats pose the biggest rabies risk to humans.
Looks like only 1% or so of bats but just be careful playing with the bats
A few quotes from Rabies.com
"Bats pose the biggest rabies risk to humans.
"Of the 32 human rabies cases reported between 1990 and 2000, 24 were caused by contact with bats."
Um, with an average of 2.4 people out of 300,000,000 getting rabies from bats in any one year, I am going to have trouble sleeping tonight out of fear!
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But what most freaked me out was when I passed underneath them as they struggled to get airborne...I was really hoping that they weren't going to get scared a let loose with a barrage of buzzard crap!
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I had that happen to me one time...only there were three buzzards on the road kill.
But what most freaked me out was when I passed underneath them as they struggled to get airborne...I was really hoping that they weren't going to get scared a let loose with a barrage of buzzard crap!
But what most freaked me out was when I passed underneath them as they struggled to get airborne...I was really hoping that they weren't going to get scared a let loose with a barrage of buzzard crap!
I always give them space to flee in a leisurely manner.
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Never got hit by a bat. Did get bruised up by a deer, coming up on a corner a car startled the deer and he came through the woods and plowed right into me, knocked me flying
saw the car go accross the intersection, then heard crashing in the woods, looked over just in time to yell out 'DEER!' and I was hit.
ken.
saw the car go accross the intersection, then heard crashing in the woods, looked over just in time to yell out 'DEER!' and I was hit.
ken.
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- the winged kind.
I had just bought a set of front and rear lights for my 14-year-old niece and we were riding through a neighborhood after the sun set. In the twilight I saw some bats sweeping through the air near the treetops ahead.
Then I feel something soft bounce off of my hand on the handlebar and strike me in the chest. I look down just in time to see the bat flapping and flying off.
I had no scratches, so no concern about rabies. [Edit: After the ride I took off my jersey and looked carefully for any break in the skin, and found nothing. Take bats seriously!]
Anybody else ever run into a winged mammal or bird?
I had just bought a set of front and rear lights for my 14-year-old niece and we were riding through a neighborhood after the sun set. In the twilight I saw some bats sweeping through the air near the treetops ahead.
Then I feel something soft bounce off of my hand on the handlebar and strike me in the chest. I look down just in time to see the bat flapping and flying off.
I had no scratches, so no concern about rabies. [Edit: After the ride I took off my jersey and looked carefully for any break in the skin, and found nothing. Take bats seriously!]
Anybody else ever run into a winged mammal or bird?
I have encountered at least on 3 seperate occasions and different locations a Bat has flown into me connecting my Chest at all 3 occasion. This happened at least 1.5 years after I was Medically pronounced dead.....but I am ok and all good now again. So I don't know if perhaps that had anything to do with the Bat flying into me, or did it simply just not see me?
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Still, up close and personal they are quite alien looking and would startle anyone not expecting to find one on their chest. It's so strange that something could hunt a moth by sound and then run into something as large as a person on a bike. I've only seen one up close and personal that I found sleeping in a woodpile. What an amazing example of natural selection at work.
Maybe there was a moth on the path?
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I have been stung a number of times and have had a squirrel run across hit my front spokes and stagger off. Glad he bounced off! I hit a buzzard on my motorcycle one time. Glancing blow. The ammonia like stench was seriously nasty.
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Speaking of the undead, I just responded to a 15 year old post....
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Birds see windows as transparent. Bats sees them as opaque. So, it may be easier for a bat to find an escape than a bird.
I keep the cat rabies vaccines current, just in case they manage to catch a sick bat.
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Okay, this Zombie Thread is closed!
Oops, I don’t have superpowers to close a thread. 😃
Have never had a close encounter with a bat - I always ring my bell if I see one coming at me.
Oops, I don’t have superpowers to close a thread. 😃
Have never had a close encounter with a bat - I always ring my bell if I see one coming at me.
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You can't close this thread like you would a zombie thread. It's a vampire thread - you have to expose it to daylight.
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I've had close calls with birds, especially the long-legged water birds and I've been hit in the front tooth by a large bumble bee (or something of similar mass). However, the closest I've come to an experience of being hit by a bat is running face first into a Dragonfly.
Dragonflies around here swarm by the hundreds on any section of road during the summertime. They are normally very good at getting out of your way, albeit, at the very last second. Although, there was this one time when one zigged when it should have zagged and hit me directly in the face. All I remember were the feeling of those spindly legs dancing on my face and the flapping of the wings. I don't know how I kept the rubber side down....
Dragonflies around here swarm by the hundreds on any section of road during the summertime. They are normally very good at getting out of your way, albeit, at the very last second. Although, there was this one time when one zigged when it should have zagged and hit me directly in the face. All I remember were the feeling of those spindly legs dancing on my face and the flapping of the wings. I don't know how I kept the rubber side down....
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I've had close calls with birds, especially the long-legged water birds and I've been hit in the front tooth by a large bumble bee (or something of similar mass). However, the closest I've come to an experience of being hit by a bat is running face first into a Dragonfly.
Dragonflies around here swarm by the hundreds on any section of road during the summertime. They are normally very good at getting out of your way, albeit, at the very last second. Although, there was this one time when one zigged when it should have zagged and hit me directly in the face. All I remember were the feeling of those spindly legs dancing on my face and the flapping of the wings. I don't know how I kept the rubber side down....
Dragonflies around here swarm by the hundreds on any section of road during the summertime. They are normally very good at getting out of your way, albeit, at the very last second. Although, there was this one time when one zigged when it should have zagged and hit me directly in the face. All I remember were the feeling of those spindly legs dancing on my face and the flapping of the wings. I don't know how I kept the rubber side down....
I've posted this story too many times, but I was once charged by a woodchuck while riding my bike. It would've been even easier to swerve around her if I hadn't been laughing so hard. A woodchuck trying to look scary is very, very funny.
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Hit a butterfly on a descent, once, in the upper left chest area. That sucker hurt! Glad it wasn't anything bigger.
Makes you appreciate the concept of momentum a bit more. I can understand why NASA et al get concerned about even small bits of junk flying around at orbital speeds. If v is large, even if m is small it can cause serious damage.
Makes you appreciate the concept of momentum a bit more. I can understand why NASA et al get concerned about even small bits of junk flying around at orbital speeds. If v is large, even if m is small it can cause serious damage.
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Makes you appreciate the concept of momentum a bit more. I can understand why NASA et al get concerned about even small bits of junk flying around at orbital speeds. If v is large, even if m is small it can cause serious damage.
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- the winged kind.
I had just bought a set of front and rear lights for my 14-year-old niece and we were riding through a neighborhood after the sun set. In the twilight I saw some bats sweeping through the air near the treetops ahead.
Then I feel something soft bounce off of my hand on the handlebar and strike me in the chest. I look down just in time to see the bat flapping and flying off.
I had no scratches, so no concern about rabies. [Edit: After the ride I took off my jersey and looked carefully for any break in the skin, and found nothing. Take bats seriously!]
Anybody else ever run into a winged mammal or bird?
I had just bought a set of front and rear lights for my 14-year-old niece and we were riding through a neighborhood after the sun set. In the twilight I saw some bats sweeping through the air near the treetops ahead.
Then I feel something soft bounce off of my hand on the handlebar and strike me in the chest. I look down just in time to see the bat flapping and flying off.
I had no scratches, so no concern about rabies. [Edit: After the ride I took off my jersey and looked carefully for any break in the skin, and found nothing. Take bats seriously!]
Anybody else ever run into a winged mammal or bird?
ad come out and hit you with a baseball bat. Glad to hear it was an aminal!
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Still, up close and personal they are quite alien looking and would startle anyone not expecting to find one on their chest. It's so strange that something could hunt a moth by sound and then run into something as large as a person on a bike. I've only seen one up close and personal that I found sleeping in a woodpile. What an amazing example of natural selection at work.
Edit: just saw I answered a 15 year old post. Oh well. In bat evolutionary history, that's milliseconds.
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According to my dad, if you keep fly fishing past dusk you won't catch any fish, but you will catch a bat.
Never sure if this was one of his "fish" stories, but he told it regularly.
Along with never sneak up on a fly fisherman, especially if you his older brother. You might get caught. At least for this one there was physical evidence (a scar). If not true, good cover story.
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Fifteen years? Argh, even “real” zombies expire after a decade.
But, two years ago, shopping list:
Vampires: Wooden stakes, Lots of Garlic
Werewolves: Silver Crosses, Lots of Wolfsbane
Zombies: Shotguns, Lots of Shotgun Shells
Corona Viruses: Cases and Cases of TP
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Never sure if this was one of his "fish" stories, but he told it regularly.
Along with never sneak up on a fly fisherman, especially if you his older brother. You might get caught. At least for this one there was physical evidence (a scar). If not true, good cover story.
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Fifteen years? Argh, even “real” zombies expire after a decade.
But, two years ago, shopping list:
Vampires: Wooden stakes, Lots of Garlic
Werewolves: Silver Crosses, Lots of Wolfsbane
Zombies: Shotguns, Lots of Shotgun Shells
Corona Viruses: Cases and Cases of TP
-mr. bill
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Was the bat using a cell phone?
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This is honestly one of the longest late resurrections I have ever seen. Surprised there were enough parts still sticking together to be mobile.
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