Ways Humans Can Help Other Animals

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[Mary Terry]

I finally saw some bats flying out of the bat house we put up ages ago. I was worried that no one would move in but they have!

 

[TBRS1]

Do be careful about handling bats.

They have magical immune systems which means they can carry all sorts of diseases without any ill effects. One of those diseases is rabies.

In my area, anybody who comes in contact with a bat gets the full rabies medical treatment, if there is any broken skin or oral contact (a guy I know - person I know personally, so definitely a true story - was riding his bike. His mouth was open and... he caught a bat in it. Was given the full rabies treatment).

Other than that, I've always wanted a pet bat.

 

[Shevek]

Bats don't want to get tangled in your hair, but in a small room, they have to turn and then dive to regain flying speed, which takes them across the middle of the room where people are typically moving erratically. They also have lovely fur if you stroke their heads.
If you ask an old program to translate "Batman" into German, you get "Fleidermausmensch." If you then ask it to translate Fleidermausmensch" into English, you get "Flying Mouse Man."

 

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Other than that, I've always wanted a pet bat.

No rabies here, lots of people look after sick and injured bats here.

 

[TBRS1]

No rabies here, lots of people look after sick and injured bats here.

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Wow! Rabies is largely eradicated here, but bats are still carriers. That's cool!

 

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Wow! Rabies is largely eradicated here, but bats are still carriers. That's cool!

We never had it in the first place, one of the reasons we have such strict quarantine control here.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

I love bats. Handled them with gloves in college and with a kitchen towel helping one get out of the house.

They have magical immune systems which means they can carry all sorts of diseases without any ill effects. One of those diseases is rabies.

What about the white nose disease epidemic?

 

[TBRS1]

I love bats. Handled them with gloves in college and with a kitchen towel helping one get out of the house.


What about the white nose disease epidemic?

I dunno - do I look like a veterinarian to you?

(I imagine that they aren't immune to everything)

 

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Christmas Island residents prepare for red crab 'onslaught'

 

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A blind wombat that can never be released in to the wild and needs full time care:

Wildlife carers help blind baby wombat adapt to new home

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

If you ask an old program to translate "Batman" into German, you get "Fleidermausmensch." If you then ask it to translate Fleidermausmensch" into English, you get "Flying Mouse Man."

Ja, many animal names are formed strangely or interestingly depending on how you view it. (eg. stink animal for skunk, shield toad for turtle )

 

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Could also dig under the snail, and move it with the
dirt that it's on.

 

[the_tortoise]

Not sure if anyone posted this already but cut open circular plastic rings on packaging that cannot be recycled and have to be thrown in the trash (I do it even for things that can be recycled because you don't always know where the recycled material actually ends up or if there would ever be a spill from a truck or something) -- especially the stretchy kind but ideally all of them.

Because lots of non-humans get their heads and legs/paws/feet/tails caught in them and can be strangled or badly injured -- or just seriously hobbled until they can get free.

Things like these:

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

@the_tortoise Many of them have dotted tear lines that make it easier if you don't have scissors handy.

 

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[TBRS1]

Being around animals and paying attention to them as individuals (rather than as commodities) is the leading cause of vegetarianism.

 

[velociraptor]

Being around animals and paying attention to them as individuals (rather than as commodities) is the leading cause of vegetarianism

Honestly, being around chickens is why I don't feel bad about eating them. I would not eat cats or dogs, though.

 

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