It's not just bats. Plenty of wild animals carry rabies and other diseases. Bats are incredibly vital to their ecosystems and shouldn't be vilified. It's genera

It's not just bats. Plenty of wild animals carry rabies and other diseases. Bats are incredibly vital to their ecosystems and shouldn't be vilified. It's generally a good idea not to touch any wild animal or its droppings. As someone else pointed out, bats eat mosquitos and other insects that transmit disease at much, much higher rates.