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Chiropterology Part 2 (BATS) Encore with Merlin Tuttle

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Is a Bat a Bad Sign?

If the bat is out on the ground, or out where a bird could easily catch it in the daytime, then that bat is almost certainly sick. 95 % of such bats aren't rabbid, but five percent are. Most of the statistics you hear about rabies and ats come fom they're taken from the health department only gets suspect bats submitted. If the bat's not acting abnormally, it doesn't get submitted. So this is like deciding what proportion of americans have cancer based on checking cancer clinics. See totwords.

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