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Interesting, I heard a story once that you can catch bats with keys: Put a bunch of keys in a sock and throw that in the air. If there is a bat near enough it m
by vlz 3y ago
Interesting, I heard a story once that you can catch bats with keys: Put a bunch of keys in a sock and throw that in the air. If there is a bat near enough it might dive for and grab the object, then it gets drawn to the ground because the keys are too heavy. There you can catch it if you are quick.
Might be an urban myth, though it seems like it might just work.
- ersiees 3y agomore of a rural myth, I guess ;D
- hk__2 3y agoNote that depending on your area this might be illegal. In France for example, bats are a protected species and it’s forbidden to kill or capture them.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoAlso depending on your area, there's a chance the bat may scratch you without you realizing it, and a few months or years later, you suddenly go mad and die in agony. At least I'm more scared of rabies than any government fine. By the time you know something is wrong, you're already a corpse that's about to remember to stop moving.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoRabies can lay that dormant? And there’s no test?
- js2 3y agoApparently, yes, and while there are tests, it's probably too late once symptoms have appeared: > Rabies virus travels through the nerves to the spinal cord and brain. This process can last approximately 3 to 12 weeks. The animal has no signs of illness during this time.[^1] > Several tests are necessary to diagnose rabies ante-mortem (before death) in humans; no single test is sufficient. Tests are performed on samples of saliva, serum, spinal fluid, and skin biopsies of hair follicles at the nape of the neck.[^2] > Once clinical signs of rabies appear, the disease is nearly always fatal, and treatment is typically supportive. Less than 20 cases of human survival from clinical rabies have been documented.[^3] [^1]: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/transmission/body.html https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/transmission/body.html [^2]: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/diagnosis/animals-humans.html https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/diagnosis/animals-humans.html [^3]: https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/symptoms/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/symptoms/index.html
- TeMPOraL 3y agoI've read somewhere about the case that took over a year, but can't find the link. Following citations on[0], this paper[1] says: "The incubation period is typically 1–3 months, but can vary from a few days to more than 1 year [1,4]. Cases of up to 6 years incubation period have been discussed[5]." And this is specifically in humans, not in animals in general. There is no test that I know of, but vaccine is very effective even after you got it (but before actual symptoms show up), so if you suspect you're infected, you go and get the shots. Thing is, AFAIK those are quite painful, so it's not something you want to take as prophylaptic unless you're at high risk (e.g. working as a vet). All this adds up to what I wrote earlier: you get random bat or squirrel bite, tiny enough that you forget about it in moments, and a few months later, you suddenly die. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies [1] - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/14760584.2015.1011134 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/14760584.2015.1...
- doubleg72 3y agoI got bit by a bat recently and the four rounds of shots weren’t painful. Uncomfortable, maybe so.
- carlosjobim 3y agoWho in the world would know anything about it if you're out at night catching bats with a sock?
- hk__2 3y agoIf you know that it’s a protected species you might want not to do that, even if there’s no one to see you.
- carlosjobim 3y agoI'll assume that somebody out catching bats at night have their reasons.
- archerx 3y agoSeems like a great way to get rabies.
- Detrytus 3y agoOr a new strain of COVID...
- swayvil 3y agoor superpowers
- Detrytus 3y agoWrong, Batman had no superpowers. He was just good at martial arts, and had access to some nice equipment (because he was a billionaire).
- shmeeed 3y agoSo the costume was basically just a kink?
- SOVIETIC-BOSS88 3y agoThe underwear worn outside of the pants are a dead giveaway.
- dhosek 3y agoYep. There was one early Batman series which revealed that his father had once dressed as a bat-man for a costume party. Batman wore the costume when apprehending a criminal who had done something awful to Batdad and the criminal, seeing the costume thought it was Batdad returned to life and panicked falling to his death.¹ ⸻ 1. Likely inaccurate description of the plot based on 45-year-old memories of reading the story in a library collection.
- rev-engineer22 3y ago
- xtiansimon 3y agoCamping in Lassen area of Northern California as a kid, I would tease the bats by throwing a ball of tinfoil in the air. The bats would chase it.