[Optimal_Persona]

Eek! The only time I've been bitten by a rodent was close to where this happened - sleeping overnight on the floor at a Merced punk venue my band played at, I was awoken by something nibbling on my hand. Not good, it was a rat.

[throwup238]

When I got bit by a squirrel and contacted the CDC for a second opinion after my doctor wouldn’t prescribe the shots, they told me that there’s no record of rabies transmission between rodents and humans. They can’t really survive an attack from another rabid animal and would die soon after they became infectious anyway. That applies to anything smaller than a skunk or raccoon, which have thicker hides.

Bats are special because of their unique biology which creates a viral reservoir (IIRC the virus originated in bats). Rabies persists in their bodies without making them sick and they transmit it to each other within their colonies.

[YeGoblynQueenne]

That's punk.