World Peru battles rabid vampire bats after 500 people bitten

[The Helper]

Peru's health ministry has sent emergency teams to a remote Amazon region to battle an outbreak of rabies spread by vampire bats.

Four children in the Awajun indigenous tribe died after being bitten by the bloodsucking mammals.

Health workers have given rabies vaccine to more than 500 people who have also been attacked.

Some experts have linked mass vampire bat attacks on people in the Amazon to deforestation.

Whole story here.

 

[SineCosine]

What the-
Since when did the bats have rabies?

That's just queer >;(

 

[The Helper]

Vampire bats dont all have rabies they are just carriers of it.

 

[Razalgrim]

Francis: "See, I told you vampires were real!"

This is a first. I guess all those misplaced fears of vampire bats weren't so misplaced at all.

 

[NightShade]

Getting attacked by swarms of flying mammals must be like the worst thing ever.

 

[Hatebreeder]

Francis: "See, I told you vampires were real!"

This is a first. I guess all those misplaced fears of vampire bats weren't so misplaced at all.

real vampires sparkle XD

No, but I guess this isn't worse than mosquitos spreading dieases. Though, I guess its very painfull to be bitten by a relativly large bat. Just wondering why it happens now

 

[SineCosine]

The bite doesn't hurt.