# Bats And Rabies--Hold Your Horses, Unca Cecil.

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**Created:** [November 3, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-and-rabies-hold-your-horses-unca-cecil/329294 "2005-11-03T15:04:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats-and-rabies-hold-your-horses-unca-cecil/329294/1 "2005-11-03T15:04:51Z")

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Refers to this column–

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_029.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_029.html)  
Bats may be a bigger rabies problem than you think.

And by bats, I mean _Vampire bats_.

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4398660.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4398660.stm)

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> Rabies caused by bat bites has killed 23 people in the last two months.
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> It is not the first wave of attacks by vampire bats in the Amazon, but Brazilian authorities say this latest outbreak is unusually serious…
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> The bats drink the blood of other mammals while they are asleep. **They are the main carriers of rabies in Brazil.**  
> _Bolding by **Bosda** _

It makes sense. Any animal that draws blood into it’s mouth to feed is a disease vector. Like mosquitoes & Yellow Fever.