[Doogle]

picture a cat responding to a metal tray being dropped nearby....now you can picture me jumping up one night when a bat flew by my face while half awake watching baseball game a few years ago......he landed in the corner of the room and I corralled him with a rolled up t-shirt,picked him up...released him outside Took about 20 minutes to get my heart beat down to norm...*grins*

[Texan Tory]

"...he landed in the corner of the room and I corralled him with a rolled up t-shirt,picked him up...released him outside..."

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Question: How can I tell if a bat has rabies?

Answer: Rabies can be confirmed only in a laboratory. However, any bat that is active by day, is found in a place where bats are not usually seen (for example, in a room in your home or on the lawn), or is unable to fly, is far more likely than others to be rabid. Such bats are often the most easily approached. Therefore, it is best never to handle any bat.

An elevated heart rate is a fairly appropriate response I'd say, I'm glad you didn't get rabies; I think it takes only the slightest bite from a rabid bat to contract it.