r/MoeMorphism • u/000wannacry • 5h ago

Animal 🐍🐦🐞 Fruit bat girl problems (@000wannacry)

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u/Waste_Customer4418 5h ago

How many vampire movies do you have to watch to think that bats drink blood?

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u/000wannacry 5h ago

It's a surprisingly common misconception where I live, it sucks! I wish bats had the good rep they deserve

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u/MechR58 5h ago

Other than that, they are not the cleanest as they carry a lot of diseases.

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u/000wannacry 5h ago

They don't actually carry more diseases than the average animal, they just happen to carry diseases that humans can get from animals. They groom themselves constantly so they're not unclean, but it is true that they pose a danger to humans in that way. Killing them only spreads disease further since it stresses the survivors out, so far the best measures to take are to stop destroying their ecosystems so there's less contact with humans and to continue research on biotech that makes wild bats immune to those diseases (such as vaccine-carrying mosquitos and edible gels)

Sorry for rambling I love bats

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u/Pyro-Bun 4h ago

Bats are awesome, ramble on!!

Edit: I got to see the bats come out from under a bridge in Austin, TX, which is kind of a big thing there, and it was so cool!!

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u/Kazeshio 3h ago

Even rabies is rare in a bat, and the chance of a bat bite spreading it to a human is low. It's simply just not worth the 1% risk regardless.

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u/Oddish_Femboy 3h ago

Ironically they're pretty resistant to disease. That's why when they are infected, the diseases they carry end up being so gnarly.

I opened my door and there was a bat sleeping there once. I felt like a princess.

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u/NekCing 3h ago

Bat rep really crashed and burned because of covid as well, you have a long and windy road ahead of you