Vampires kill 38 in Venezuela

[Ed Mahmoud]

38 dead after being bitten by vampire bats

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats.



Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according to two researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and other medical experts.

[tropicana]

that is scary, 2 of my most feared animals are the rat and the bat.
Cats are good though, bats give me the creeps and rats are just awful rodents.

Squirrels on the other hand, even though they have a resemblance to rats, i love, and even feed, i've had them come right up to my hand and take nuts from me.

but bats!!! woooooo they are just rats with wings in my opinion.
-justin-

[abajan]

...but bats!!! woooooo they are just rats with wings in my opinion.
-justin-

Actually, in Barbados some folk call them flying mice! (Granted, mice and rats are not the same.)