38 people got killed by vampire bats

Discussion in 'Biology & Genetics' started by Syzygys, Aug 12, 2008.

  1. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    No shit, in Venezuela!

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4509833.ece

    "The 38 deaths have occurred since June 2007, with 16 in the past two months. One village, Mukuboina, with a population of about eighty, lost eight inhabitants, all children."

    "They said that victims' symptoms included fever, body pains and tingling in the feet followed by progressive paralysis and an extreme fear of water. The victims also suffered convulsions and grew rigid before death."
     
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  3. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Rabies ?

    Fits it perfectly. Saying the bats killed them is a tad bit misleading..
     
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  5. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Yea, read the article now, it's rabies.. :shrug:
     
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  7. phlogistician Banned Banned

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    OMFG! KILLER BATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Well, OK, killer bats spreading rabies. Still quite scary.
     
  8. EndLightEnd This too shall pass. Registered Senior Member

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    Whats with parasitic creatures spreading diseases that harm the hosts they are dependent on? Evolutionary retardedness.
     
  9. CharonZ Registered Senior Member

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    No sufficient time for co-evolution in most cases.
     
  10. oiram Registered Senior Member

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    That’s like saying a gun killed a person, when in fact it takes a bullet and a person to pull the trigger……

    Rabies or some other infection probably killed them and the bats were only a host to rabies or whatever and the method of delivery… either way it’s sad that the kids died……
     
  11. Syzygys As a mother, I am telling you Valued Senior Member

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    Come on:

    "Their saliva contains a substance known as draculin, which prevents their prey's blood from clotting."

    By the way if rats kill 30+ people in India, I would be just as disgusted...
     
  12. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Huh lol
    Mosquitoes and ticks have that too..

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    You won't die from it..
     
  13. clusteringflux Version 1. OH! Valued Senior Member

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    I Vant to Suuck Your Blooad! VBLAH! VBLAH!
     
  14. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Huh retardedness ? lol
     
  15. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    Bat's are known to be more likely to have rabies than most animals. In the UK Rabies cases are extremely rare considering we're an Island, We class it as eradicated but know there are rare cases of people bitten by bats (Not vampire ones, but "belfry" ones) They usually come into contact with them when they handle them in their job, like relocation or tagging.

    There was a case a year or two back where such a handler was bitten. I'm sure the news article can be found.
     
  16. Diode-Man Awesome User Title Registered Senior Member

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    Woah... thats friggin crazy. Sounds like an 80's or 90's horror film. "Based on a true story" (modification to true story: They killed 38 in 1 year, not in 1 night)

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  17. lepustimidus Banned Banned

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    I think the solution is obvious. Kill all the bats.
     
  18. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Or even better, kill all the people.
     
  19. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    its so tempting to make a joke about vampires right now but that would be in poor taste

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  20. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    LOL, Isn't that like saying 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'

    edit - (oh wait, I guess that point has already been made on that hair splitting)
     
  21. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Oh, I was wondering why the gvmt didn't do something. Come in and nuke the area. Isn't that what they do on TV?

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    Seems like the rabies would wipe out the bats after that long of a period. What gives a bat rabies? It would only be another bat right?
     
  22. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Theres the difference of intention, don't you think ?
    And besides, rabies in itself is a lifeform.
     
  23. synthesizer-patel Sweep the leg Johnny! Valued Senior Member

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    The original article is just part of a conspiracy to hide the truth - its obvious this was the work of El Chupacabras

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