Posted on 08/14/2010 7:58:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Rabid vampire bats have attacked more than 500 people in Peru's Amazon, leading to the deaths of four children. The attacks occurred in the village of Urakusa, in northeastern Peru, where the indigenous Aguajun tribe lives. At least four people are believed to have succumbed to rabies as a result.
Medical supplies and vaccines to treat those infected with rabies have been sent to the tribe.
Rabies, a virus that causes acute inflammation of the brain, is usually spread to humans by dog bites and has an incubation period that can last several months.
Health teams are looking for people in communities within 6 miles (10 km) of the outbreak who were attacked by bats any time in the last six months.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
All I want to know is:
Do they sparkle?
This is the kinda stuff nightmares are made of.
These are creatures of Pandora’s box like mosquitoes and ticks. We have the power to exterminate them and should do it.
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