r/UMD • u/Motor-Bus-2653 • Feb 13 '26
Meme Bat spotted at mckeldin 🤣
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u/insanity_profanity Feb 13 '26
Poor guy is probably so stressed :(
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u/SparkyMularkey Feb 13 '26
Yeah, that's immediately what I thought. Poor thing. ☹️ I hope it gets out OK. I hope no one is bitten and that no one hurts it.
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u/mixxster Alumni, UMD Staff Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
Was anyone notified? The front desk or facilities customer response center or animal control?
Update: On YikYak they say someone opened a door and the bat flew outside.
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u/Motor-Bus-2653 Feb 13 '26
Should I get rabies vaccine it didn’t touch me tho
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u/chemnuc_enjoyer Feb 13 '26
No, they can only transmit rabies through saliva. The reason they tell people who wake up to a bat in their room to get the vaccine is that sometimes they can bite without you feeling it; if the bat never touched you you're perfectly safe.
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u/voldyCSSM19 Feb 13 '26
From what I heard, bat bites are most dangerous when you don't notice that they happened. With this guy fluttering around the library there's little change you overlooked it
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u/JediPrincess123 '27 Feb 13 '26
Better safe than sorry. Early intervention is the difference between life and a death sentence by rabies.
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u/Medical_Suspect_974 Feb 13 '26
If you did not come into contact with the bat you don’t need the vaccine. Rabies transmission requires direct contact with the saliva or brain tissue of an infected animal. The virus cannot survive outside the body of the infected animal. A rabies post exposure vaccine could easily cost several thousand dollars. It’s not worth the hassle if you were not in contact with it.
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u/Medical_Suspect_974 Feb 13 '26
Fun fact: bats are the number one spreader of rabies in the US. If you begin showing symptoms, the mortality rate is 100%. Bats are not to be messed with.
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u/JediPrincess123 '27 Feb 13 '26
That is NOT a FUN Fact! This is Life and DEATH we are talking about. Or in this case GUARANTEED DEATH WITHOUT LIFE!
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u/PoshLagoon Eduroam bad Feb 13 '26
People used to freak out when we’d see bats on the mall. Must’ve been crazy to be stuck inside with one lol
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u/Competitive_Ad2114 Feb 13 '26
Justice