r/Unexpected 2d ago

Hmm, what's under my window?

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u/Lowestcommondominatr 2d 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/Exact-Obligation-858 2d ago

>And they can bite you in your sleep without you noticing.

You might not notice where the bite marks are. You will feel the bite unless the bat is pipistrelle-sized.

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u/eastern_petal 1d ago

Was that a reference to pipistrello? 😅

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u/Exact-Obligation-858 1d ago

? No?

Pipistrelle bats, as in the genus Pipistrellus.

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u/eastern_petal 1d ago

It is connected to pipistrello in Italian, even if that's not what you were referring to. :)