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There are a few bats in my belfrain. :crazy_face: 🦇
 
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There is a nearby convent of the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (better known as the “Pink Sisters” because of their rose-colored habits).

A priest I know is fond of saying, “Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters…Batman!” 🤣
 
There are a few bats in my belfrain.
We have little fruit bats here that sometimes come indoors. One morning a few days ago I found one dangling from a light fixture. We stood there for a minute or so (that is to say, one of us stood there and the other one hung there) staring into one another’s eyes. He was quite unfazed. I had things to do so I just left him there.
 
We had some kind of bat get in our house years ago when we first moved into our home. Saw it flying around at 2am, then couldn’t find it. It made for one uncomfortable night! About 10 am, I made my husband come home from work because we found the bat, apparently asleep, hanging from a light fixture in the upstairs hall.

Another time, one got in and ended up in my sons bedroom. He did not sleep in there that night! Shut the door, blocked the space off under the door. The next morning, my husband found it asleep in a plastic waste paper basket.

Finally figured out that they came in through the garage door that was left open too long. The rule quickly became that the doors do not remain open approaching evening.
 
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Just wondering if any of you were concerned about contracting lyssavirus from these bats - assuming that you had to catch them to release them back outside that is?
 
The term “lyssavirus” is new to me. Wikipedia tells me that “Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), initially named Pteropid lyssavirus (PLV), is a zoonotic virus closely related to the rabies virus.” Bats here have the reputation of being potential rabies carriers, and if you’re bitten by a bat you are advised to have a rabies shot. However, I have never actually heard of anyone being bitten by a bat here. I suppose if you tried to catch one in your hands, it would defend itself, as any wild animal would, but they’re evidently harmless as long as you leave them alone.
 
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