them motherflappers are just bird puppies and you can't change my mind

My grandfather used to keep pigeons. Pigeons are long gone, but dovecote is still standing and little bats use it as shelter. Bats flew into our house many times. I caught them into towels. They sometimes fell asleep before they could find way out. In that case, i used glove and carried bat to the dovecote, so my cat couldn't hurt them. I had to leave glove there, because bat grabbed it and didn't want to let go. They're adorable- little black furrballs with big ears.

I love that myth about them flying into people's hair,bats have exceptional sonar and this will completely allow them to avoid flying into people's hair or anything else for that matter .....it's like the swan breaking a person's arm myth,it's about equivalent power

I have bats hibernating under my roof. They are a protected species in Germany and as long as they do not damage anything, I do not care.

A grandaunt of me left a roof window tilted because she forgot. Went on vacation, came back to over 100 bats populating her place - hidden in literally everything. A guy from a bat-preservation-department of some sort of animal welfare club came by to collect them. Took a few hours, andi the final batcount ... a few over 100, I don't remember the exact number, and can't ask her anymore, because our alivery-status isn't identical anymore.

That picture should be deleted! Please, do NOT catch it with your bare hands! A lot of bats have rabies.

Bats are a major carrier of rabies and many other diseases. A bite or scratch from a bat may not even leave a noticeable mark, but be enough to kill you. Do NOT touch them, if you do contact a bat or find in one a room with a small child, a sleeping individual, or anyone who can't communicate if the bat touched them then contact your local public health department. If the bat can not be tested then you will likely need rabies shots. Remember if you wait until you start to experience symptoms of rabies you WILL die.

Awwww

I hurt no bat but I feel so sad, man

awww... not my favorite critter, but they're cute and I do value them as critters :)

I LOVE BATS!!!

I had a little bat panic-flying in my 6th floor apartment hallway years ago when I got home from work. I opened the stairway fire doors and that smart sweet little critter followed me through each door downstairs until I got to the emergency door at the bottom, I held it open and he just sailed out. I was terrified someone would see it and scream for the super, who might have tried to kill it! I love bats!

Did tou know that in French, bats are called 'chauve-souris', which translates to 'bald mouse'.

Our late cat caught one and brought it inside the kitchen. Luckily the little fella seemed unharmed so we took some pics and then dad brought it outside to fly free again

Bats are excellent little creatures that we should value and protect.

This is why I put up bat boxes outside my parents' house.

I love bats! Many of them eat my nemesis, the mosquito

That's actually really helpful. In Uk it's illegal to kill them

Should a bat enter my home, it will sadly become cat food.

Honestly I don’t see why people are so scared of these guys

Awww!! What a nice person!! 🥰 🦇

this is so cute

Bata bring good luck!

Former Californian. Many bats have flown down chimneys and been found to have rabies, so it's not a benign rescue if there are family pets that got up close and nosy with it if that happens.

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Awww, cute 🥰

Oh! surely people don't go after bats with brooms and try to hurt them?! When it's so easy to just switch out the lights, keep silent, and wait till they reorient themselves - they soon fly outdoors again, and meanwhile it's such a privilege to encounter these charming little creatures...

My mom got a little bat stuck in her hair when she was a young girl and my grandfather was able to cut mom's hair to save the bat

To be clear, only 3%-4% of bats test positive for rabies. Whit that said, 6 of every 7 case of humans with rabies comes from bat bites. 60% of all corn would die from worms without bat presence & protection. Many other crops are bat-dependent. Most folks respond well to rabies PEP treatment. As is often, those older, younger or compromised immune systems don’t respond as well. Bats are wholly necessary, but carry a calculated risk to humans.

We used a hand held fishing net when one got in our house. That worked pretty well.

Several bats in my area have carried rabies. I think I'll call animal control if any get in my house. They get tested and if clean, released.

Oh God, how I love this. There aren't enough people who speak up for bats.

Of course little baby 🩷

Without bats we would not have tequila!

Opening a door and shutting all the lights off works for getting birds and other animals out of your house.

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I will bite you so softly you will never know, my teeth are so tiny you will never feel them penetrate and leave the bacteria under your p protective layer..I will give you rabies. This will kill you... this will eventually help open new spaces for me to live freely... that is my hope... Ok lets do this thing together!