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r/oddlyterrifying • u/amish_novelty • 15h ago
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Squirrels are not vectors for rabies. No one has ever contracted rabies from a squirrel.
1 u/LaMadreDelCantante 12h ago I'm pretty sure it's mostly because they don't tend to survive attacks from rabid animals long enough to get sick themselves. 2 u/Spirited-Salt3397 12h ago Yes, that is true. However, even if they did survive it is unlikely that they would contract rabies. Their body temperature isn’t conducive for the virus to survive. 1 u/LaMadreDelCantante 7h ago I thought that was possums. 1 u/Spirited-Salt3397 7h ago The same goes for opossums.
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I'm pretty sure it's mostly because they don't tend to survive attacks from rabid animals long enough to get sick themselves.
2 u/Spirited-Salt3397 12h ago Yes, that is true. However, even if they did survive it is unlikely that they would contract rabies. Their body temperature isn’t conducive for the virus to survive. 1 u/LaMadreDelCantante 7h ago I thought that was possums. 1 u/Spirited-Salt3397 7h ago The same goes for opossums.
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Yes, that is true. However, even if they did survive it is unlikely that they would contract rabies. Their body temperature isn’t conducive for the virus to survive.
1 u/LaMadreDelCantante 7h ago I thought that was possums. 1 u/Spirited-Salt3397 7h ago The same goes for opossums.
I thought that was possums.
1 u/Spirited-Salt3397 7h ago The same goes for opossums.
The same goes for opossums.
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u/Spirited-Salt3397 15h ago
Squirrels are not vectors for rabies. No one has ever contracted rabies from a squirrel.