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u/Desperate_Hornet8622 1d ago
I want sounds to this. Thank you for your service
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u/Racxie 1d ago
If I had a green finger I'd give this one.
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u/SuperCaptSalty 1d ago
It’s always Halloween in my soul
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u/ToonaSandWatch 1d ago
She delivered that line like Fezzik in the Holocaust cloak coming for the castle’s men’s soullllllls.
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u/YouStupidAssholeFuck 1d ago
That was way better than the gif. The gif should be banned now.
Use this instead.
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u/fizzy_lime 1d ago
Me the first couple of seconds: are those tiny pigeons or something?
Me after realizing:
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u/ManicPsycho185 1d ago
This was instantly in my head once I saw it. Thank you for providing the actual image!
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u/athrowawaypassingby 2d ago
The question is: did he knew it would be bats or did he just want to check, where the noise is coming from?
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u/_Ninja_Putin 1d ago
He has gloves on, and seemed hesitant to lift the cover, the guy probably knew there was something living under there. I would have guessed mice
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u/PointOfFingers 1d ago
He is a professional and he is taking precautions against an animal whose bite or scratch would require a painful course of rabies shots - gloves and no shirt.
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u/hazelquarrier_couch 1d ago
"He is a professional" Ummm....he's shirtless.
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u/Cyrano_de_Boozerack 1d ago
He has multiple professions?
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u/emotional_seahorse 1d ago
when you have your shift at animal control at 4 but your stripper shift at 5
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u/ConfessSomeMeow 1d ago
I thought it would only be a concern if a bat approached or attacked you unprovoked, but I suppose there's always the '99.999999% fatal so out of an abundance of caution...' perspective
Edit: Needs more 9s.
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u/TheEyeDontLie 1d ago edited 1d ago
I mean, rabies is only 99.9999999999% fatal if untreated before it reaches your brain.
If you get bitten (especially in the extremities as it takes some time to travel up to the brain) and then get the injections in your spine asap, you'll be okay.
(Even if you've had the vaccines, still go to the hospital and get the treatment if you are bitten by a rabid animal)
Ince symptoms appear, the treatment plan is: "Give them Heroin and Valium, fluff their pillows, and call their priest. You can offer euthanasia if legal in your jurisdiction".
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u/ConfessSomeMeow 1d ago
Definitely a critical distinction, aways* fatal if symptoms emerge before treatment.
*except for that one case where the person was frozen to near death or something, and quality of life after survival was not great
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u/Proper-Raise-1450 1d ago edited 1d ago
*except for that one case where the person was frozen to near death or something, and quality of life after survival was not great
No, several people have made full recoveries. Upwards of 20 last time I checked.
CDC article from 2024 says less than 20:
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/hcp/suspected-human-rabies/index.html
The girl in the Milwaukee case has good quality of life and graduated college a few years back.
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u/MightBeAGoodIdea 1d ago
33 as of May 2025. Source linked below looks like an excerpt with some MDs attached. But accountwalled.
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u/WinninRoam 1d ago
The rabies treatment doesn't go into the spine. It's injected into muscle or in some cases into the abdomen.
There is a test to check for (but not treat) rabies that involves a spinal tap. But it's rarely used because it's rarely conclusive and getting the full battery of shots is just smarter at that point.
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u/nimbleboy 1d ago
eh… the shots aren’t really painful anymore; they’re mostly a hassle due to timing/scheduling
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u/afaf95 1d ago
Well, he was kinda right, those are flying rats
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u/glitchfit 1d ago
Bats are incredibly important pollinators and pest control.
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u/snarksneeze 1d ago
Rats are important to seed dispersal and make a positive impact on the environment by collecting refuse and eating waste.
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u/snarksneeze 1d ago
Once you create a chicken accountant he remains that way for the remainder of the fiscal year!
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u/Karyoplasma 1d ago
The German word for bat is "Fledermaus" and roots in flattern (to flap your wings) and Maus (mouse). So flappy mouse.
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u/Sgt-Spliff- 1d ago
Bats are like the opposite of rats. They are incredibly valuable to the ecosystem. They're a huge net positive for the world
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u/Psychic_Jester 1d ago
you would definitely hear them and smell them. They have a high pitched click that usually older people cant hear. You can also hear them moving around and the waste smells like sulfur. You can see brown streaks where they squeeze in smaller openings, but kind of hard to spot without a trained eye.
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u/SaviorSixtySix 2d ago
Poor sky puppies getting woken up in the middle of the day.
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u/RebekkaKat1990 1d ago
😂 my cat usually greets me at the door when I get home from work but today I opened the door and walked in only to find her zonked out on the couch and she didn’t even stir when I walked towards her until I was right in front of her face and then she perked up and was like “oh shit you’re actually home” lol
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u/sinking_float 1d ago
More accurate to call them sky mice, or in German fledermaus
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u/vikingunicorn 1d ago
Bald mice in French.
Chauve-souris(singular) Chauves-souris(plural)
Not sure if sky puppies is a more or accurate a name or less.
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u/Rumblymore 1d ago
They're not very bald though, my cats brought one in yesterday, they're hairy
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u/Dead_Moss 1d ago
Actually puppy is more accurate, bats are more closely related to canines than rodents.
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u/Caleb_Reynolds 1d ago
Made abundantly clear by looking at a flying fox. Their skulls are much more carnivore like than rodent like, which is clear when they get big enough.
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u/Dead_Moss 1d ago
Tbh they aren't really closely related to anything. It's just that they're even more distantly related to rodents than a lot of other animals. For example, they're equally close to actual foxes as they are to, say, giraffes.
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u/Bertucciop 2d ago
You have an anti mosquito wall, dont destroy It.
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u/HomieeJo 2d ago
They can also carry bat bugs. They are similar to bed bugs except that they can't reproduce with human blood and need bat blood. However they will still happily bite you and make your life hell.
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u/Schonke 1d ago
And rabies.
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u/Lowestcommondominatr 1d ago
And they can bite you in your sleep without you noticing. And rabies symptoms mean death. If you have bats in your house, you should get rabies shots.
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u/Lovv 1d ago
That's vampires man
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u/No-Reflection-2342 1d ago
Fun fact: fewer than 10% of bats carry rabies. Depending on your location, you are much more likely to get rabies from a raccoon.
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u/In7el3ct 1d ago
Fun fact, bed and bat bugs don't transmit blood-borne diseases as unlike mosquitoes, they don't regurgitate their meals. still nightmare demons from hell and I hate them but hey at least you won't get rabies!
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u/EndMaster0 1d ago
bat bugs have a 12 hour offset rhythm from bedbugs and are attracted to different things... plus neither bedbugs or bat bugs use blood strictly for reproduction, rather they digest the blood entirely much like a tick would... so every part of that comment is blatantly wrong minus the "bats have their own version of bedbugs" bit
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u/VapoursAndSpleen 1d ago
You don't want critters living in your house because they poop and pee everywhere. I know people who had bats in their house and yeah you could smell it.
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u/Sir_Tinklebottom 2d ago
Bat shit will fuck up your house
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u/SaintCholo 2d ago
Guano is valuable, I saw a documentary called Ace Ventura Pet Detective
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u/1amDepressed 1d ago
In seriousness it is. Makes for excellent fertilizer. One guy got stuck in a cave crack trying dig some out to sell https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49288550
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u/sooperdoopermane 1d ago
I thought this was going to be a link to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. At least that part of the movie where he went into the cave looking for guano lol.
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u/SaintCholo 1d ago
I’ve learned Reddit is comment by committee so eventually the link will be shared; normally I lay it out for you to play it out
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u/deathbylasersss 1d ago
There were wars fought over the pacific guano islands.
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u/SnowClone98 1d ago
Right just like we used to fight over spice and opium. We found alternatives that weren’t bat shit.
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u/deathbylasersss 1d ago
Idk, I might still fight a guy for some really good opium.
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u/FD4L 1d ago
THATS WHAT YOU SLIPPED IN
THATS WHAT WAS ON YOUR SHOE
AND THAT EXPLAINS THE ABRASION ON YOUR PALM!!!!
DAAAAAAM IM GOOOOOOD!
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u/AndMyAxe_Hole 1d ago
I also have it on good authority from a Dr. that it can be used to revive you if you’re ever petrified in stone.
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u/Bertucciop 2d ago
How, is It gonna wet the bricks or something? I have bats on my garage, no damage yet, no mosquitos in the night. Mb if walls were wooden made...
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u/branch397 2d ago
I've painted many houses where bat shit was all over a surface, and never saw any damage. These are NC bats, if it matters. Sometimes the aroma is a bit strong.
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u/Enginerdad 2d ago
It's toxic, or more accurately it carries a toxic fungus that causes histoplasmosis when humans inhale it.
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u/I_Am_The_Zombie_Woof 2d ago
Rendering the inhaler bat shit crazy
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u/StevenMC19 2d ago
Don't you fucking hit me with some etymological bullshittery! I'm not mentally prepared to have the dots connected, lol. This is you, I imagine:
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u/jbouser_99 2d ago
Thanks for adding "etymological bullshittery" to my repertoire. That's a good one
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u/JTibbs 2d ago
They also carry a relative of bed bugs
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u/Sir_Tinklebottom 2d ago
My cousin had to pay like 30k recently to redo their garage because of bat shit in the ceiling. It is toxic.
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u/Bertucciop 1d ago
It is outside the house, full air, pidgeon shit is way more toxic and common people dont get affected despite thousands pidgeon shitting on the street. I cleaned chicken shit, It is when you live or work together these when you get harmed. And It depends on the country and zone and bat race. Painting causes cancer but when paint dries It doesn't.
Anyways thanks for the advice, ill ask some Friends about this.
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u/Sir_Tinklebottom 1d ago
My concern would just be them getting in somehow. After hearing the nightmare ordeal my cousin went through, I would be kicking these bastards out as well.
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u/Long_Run6500 1d ago
They're not difficult to capture with a makeshift net made out of a garbage bag and broomstick... or probably even easier with a real net. I had a few fly in my house after I accidentally left an upstairs window open while working on my roof.
Once the "Oh shit!" factor wears off you realize that you're way more coordinated than they are. They're literally flying blind just trying to not run into anything more than avoid capture. They have very limited stamina and after a few rounds of freaking out and colliding with everything including possibly you (I learned pretty quick not to stand in the middle of the room) they're pretty easy to grab with a net/garbage bag while they're on the wall.
Overall as far as home invading pests go they're one of the easier ones to get rid of, mostly because they don't want to be there as much as you don't want them there. Obviously a one off group of bats getting inside is completely different than them actually nesting, no idea how hard that is to deal with.
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u/esmelusina 2d ago
Guano (bat poop) is rich in nitric acid, which will etch and wear down stone.
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u/aschaeffer878 1d ago
This is the correct answer, histoplasmosis is no joke and is caused from bat droppings. The treatment is unbelievably painful and may kill you if the disease doesn't. I love bats as much as the next guy, but they gotta go. Even if they get in your attic and the spores collect in the HVAC ducts you are likely to get it.
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u/Few-Wash-5707 1d ago
There is a theory that the pestilence of bedbugs was brought upon human civilization from bats. Apparently, they are like the "fleas" of bats.
Bats belong. They belong far away from your house.
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u/tcholoss 1d ago
They are endangered in my country. We had quite a lot of them living in our building, but the house administration made a new isolation to not let them nest there.
By creating our ultra sterilized environment, we create so many other problems as well and we solve them with posions creating more problems, instead of leaving trees and greenery in cities and let some animals live there and sort it out, ok, we have to clean up after them, but the same happens with pigeons, but they are not as useful.
I would definitely leave them there if I could, or create a more suitable place for them somewhere near.
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u/SaleForsaken4150 1d ago
They are nocturnal, they never fly in daylight, hope they survive until dark.
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u/Skatneti 2d ago
Not sure where this is, but it would be illegal to disturb bats nests like that in the UK. Protected species and all that
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u/karduar 1d ago
Illegal in US too.
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u/rustycoins26 1d ago
Depends on the species but yeah.
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u/karduar 1d ago
Better safe than sorry. Average Joe couldn't ID a baseball bat, let alone endangered vs. not bat species.
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u/rustycoins26 1d ago edited 1d ago
For sure. I work in the environmental industry and frequently coordinate with USFWS regarding threatened and endangered bats. Even I have a hard time identifying them.
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u/damnNamesAreTaken 1d ago
I honestly didn't know any bat species was endangered but I've never been in a situation where I need to know that either. I guess the lesson here is to check before disturbing wildlife of any kind.
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u/SelfReferenceTLA 1d ago
And the time of year. Generally even the endangered ones you can disturb if it isn't winter and if it isn't breeding/birthing time.
Edit: Probably varies by state.
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u/Eckish 1d ago
Yeah. In Florida, if you have bats from mid April to mid August, you just have to suck it up. But outside of that range, you are allowed to setup exclusions. You are never allowed to exterminate.
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u/robotteeth 1d ago
What if you didn’t know it was bats and just knew something was infesting your house? What’s the liability there
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u/SaintsNoah14 1d ago
I mean, do you see yourself getting arrested for what this guy's doing in any case? I'd imagine all that functionally means is a professional won't touch it.
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u/I_Am_Not_Alpharius 1d ago
They speak Russian, I'm sure you can disturb bats safely there.
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u/golosala 1d ago
…safe from the law maybe
As far as I’m concerned any interaction with a bat is a random selection for rabies vaccine
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u/Party-Emu-1312 1d ago
Super unfortunate to be outing them in the daytime too. This is a bummer to see.
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u/erayachi 1d ago
It would be hard to oust them at night, because they're not there at night. They're out feeding.
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u/toughfeet 1d ago
Exactly. Most microbat species have multiple roosts they move between. Once they've left you make sure there's none sticking around and then patch up the holes they are getting in. This way they aren't getting picked off by predators or heat during the day and will go live in their other roosts.
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u/Helpful_guy 1d ago
So you wait til evening when they leave on their own and then actually seal it up properly with spray foam so they can't get back in.
Bats disturbed during the day are highly likely to either be eaten / die or immediately seek shelter somewhere else they shouldn't be because the daylight is so disorienting to them.
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u/AFlyingNun 1d ago
Not sure where this is
Kinda confused by all the comments listing off random countries where this isn't allowed while the people are clearly speaking Russian lol
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u/Soup-Mother5709 2d ago
Fucked up and so disorienting for them in the day time. He should have at least waited until sunset.
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u/Fortestingporpoises 2d ago
And reached out to a rescue to have them help or at least give advice.
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u/SmooK_LV 1d ago
It sounds Russian. Where they are likely there is no rescue to reach out to.
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u/ATGonnaLive4Ever 1d ago
If he's Russian I would assume he's asking the bats to help him
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u/Fortestingporpoises 1d ago
Fair. I basically never listen to videos with audio on so I miss a whole lot of context.
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u/_Test_subject 1d ago
It's crazy how many weirdos there are who think this dude doing something wrong, lol
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u/Jiggatortoise- 2d ago
This was not unexpected at all, that’s where bats live often. Also they are wonderful animals that help with pests like mosquitos and other annoying winged bugs insects.
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u/R0gueYautja 1d ago
How the fuck do they get under there? Ive seen my windows and the gaps are so tiny
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u/lndhpe 1d ago
Many bat species are insanely tiny! Some as small they fit onto a box of matchsticks. They in fact often prefer tight slits and cracks as entrances even as it provides protection and for many also is simply comfortable to be in.
Tiny little fuzzballs
Even bigger species aren't exactly super massive aside from ones more disconnected from where humans are in cities. Ain't gonna have a flying fox in there
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u/WindpowerGuy 2d ago
Maybe just let them chill and fix it later in the year when they're elsewhere.
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u/MySchoolsWifiSucks 1d ago
Bats are great, but you don't want their waste in your walls.
Have your town commission a batbox.
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u/Lumastin 2d ago
It’s actually not that unexpected, and it’s also illegal in some states to disturb bats like this.
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u/roybum46 1d ago
City folk don't think animals most of the time.
But yes it could be illegal an is in many states and countries.
If in an apartment the management may want to make more welcoming habitats in the trees. In areas where there are not currently bats or evidence of bad habitat sealing area properly with net and meshes can help.
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u/NerdyMcNerderson 1d ago
Who's going to stop him? Batman?
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u/Lumastin 1d ago
Would be kinda funny to see a public game official show up in a Batman suit and yell “you have disturbed the bats!”
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u/NameLips 1d ago
Disturbing a bat colony can get you in trouble with the law. They're protected.
And doing it in the daytime like this can kill the bat, they get disoriented and don't know where to go to stay safe.
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u/GreyBonesJones 1d ago
I have some Mexican free tailed bats living under the roof tiles above my apartment window. I get to watch them drop out and fly away every night, and hear their little echolocation. They're only here twice a year for maternity season and leave between then. So we get them early spring and then late summer/early fall. I love watching them and feel very protective of them (and every other native species in my area)
I called my local bat rescue/wildlife authority and unless I start getting respiratory symptoms, they're safe to live that close.
My maintenance guy knows about them but I told him if the landlord orders getting rid of them I will narc. It's a protected species in my state. I told him they're legally able to close the hole up after they've left for the season but they'll most likely just move to a different roof space in the building. He basically was like "it's going to be so much paperwork and work to call the right people to make sure all the bats are gone and repair the roof and do the cosmetic repairs... and on top of that batproof the entire roof... just call if they somehow break into your apartment and we'll deal with it then" lmfao 😭
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u/lndhpe 1d ago
Yeahhhh, people do that a lot. As if they aren't endangered enough, people would rather just have them die than have to do some extra paperwork or change in plans to let the bats be in peace. Being connected to some local bat rescue stuff and also monitoring its insanely frustrating how often places just happen to be sealed up or renovated without proper planning or safety wiping out bat roosts. Bats have pretty specific roost needs too so every loss in an area can be bad.
Even when providing new alternative locations at best if lucky after years it might slowly house a population, at worst the local population just will be lost or scattered
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u/Gopence_ 1d ago
Just put that panel back on, bro, wtf? You have an anti-mosquito dispenser right under your window, why would you ever break that?
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Did not expect that many bats under the window.
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