> > --In California there has been a case of rabies related to bat > poopies. This man was from Mexico and the doctors in the hospital > where I worked could not figure out what was wrong with him. It was > then brought to their attention that this man was going into the bat > caves and collecting poop....They then tested him for rabies. This > was a number of years ago. He died.
I was real dubious about this and found this on a CDC website: "In addition, people cannot get rabies from having contact with bat guano (feces), blood, or urine, or from touching a bat on its fur (even though bats should never be handled!). " More likely he got some saliva on himself, got into a cut on his skin. The greater question I have is-- WHY was the man going into caves and collecting bat poop?! I hope it was for some scientific research..otherwise, I can't figure out why he would be doing that. Robyn S
