Health Peru battles rabid vampire bats after 500 people bitten

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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.

 
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SineCosine

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What the-
Since when did the bats have rabies?

That's just queer >;(
 

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

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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.
 

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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 o_O
 
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