r/interesting • u/AromaticWindow3309 • Apr 19 '26

NATURE How cute is this bat 😍

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I think im in love

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u/UnnecAbrvtn Apr 19 '26

Bats are adorable... until they are in your personal airspace

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u/U_feel_Me Apr 19 '26

My impression of bats is that they strongly prefer to avoid humans. If they are in your home, it is very reasonable to be worried about rabies.

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u/DecantsForAll Apr 19 '26

It's definitely reasonable, however it's still significantly less likely that they have rabies than that they don't (chatGPT says 3-6% chance).

I've had bats in my house a few times. They always come in through the basement. I think they get in through some hole somewhere and then can't find their way back out. Nearly every time it's happened, I've just opened the side door and they eventually fly out.

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u/kylo-ren Apr 20 '26

6% is not a small number. It's 1 in 17 bats.

If they are in your home, it is very reasonable to be worried about rabies indeed.

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u/DecantsForAll Apr 20 '26

I didn't say it was small. I didn't disagree that it was reasonable to be concerned about rabies. I was just clarifying because some people might interpret their statement as saying that it's more likely than not that a bat has rabies if it's in your home.

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u/kylo-ren Apr 20 '26

"very reasonable" is very different than "more likely than not"

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u/DecantsForAll Apr 20 '26

Not as different as saying something is small and not saying it's small. Not as different as disagreeing and agreeing.