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Apparently rats have started hunting bats
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:17 am
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:17 am
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RATS EVOLVED TO HUNT BATS AND SCIENTISTS ARE TERRIFIED
In northern Germany, rats have started eating bats. Not dead bats. Not grounded bats. Flying bats.
A four-year study just confirmed they're leaping out of the darkness, snatching them mid-air, and dragging them down to devour, by the thousands, inside urban hibernation caves.
Scientists now fear this gruesome new predator-prey link could turn rats into mobile virus sponges, absorbing pathogens like coronaviruses and paramyxoviruses from bats and carrying them closer to human homes, farms, and cities.
One rat colony could consume over 2,000 bats a winter.
That's not just a creepy wildlife headline.
It's a flashing red siren for the next zoonotic spillover.
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:41 am to hawgfaninc
That’s bat shite crazy
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:04 am to hawgfaninc
Oh rats!!! They're upset about the passing of Ozzy. It's a tribute. 
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:19 am to hawgfaninc
fricking German rats.
They'll probably blame it on the Poles
They'll probably blame it on the Poles
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:21 am to hawgfaninc
I'd say more "learned" than "evolved."
They don't have some special bat hunting appendages
They don't have some special bat hunting appendages
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:22 am to hawgfaninc
Next thing you know, men will be dressing like women!
Posted on 11/4/25 at 6:54 am to hawgfaninc
Not as cool as rats teaching turtles martial arts to be able to fight warthogs and rhinos, but cool nonetheless.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:08 am to hawgfaninc
So it’s the vampires versus wererats
I’m down with it
I’m down with it
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:23 am to hawgfaninc
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:32 am to hawgfaninc
I’ve always heard that after humanity is done, the roaches and rats will rule this planet. Sequel to “PLANET OF THE APES”.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:35 am to hawgfaninc
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Leaping
That’s a bit of a stretch…
More like grabbing…
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:36 am to I20goon
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fricking German rats.
I bet they have the bats piss and shite all over them before they frick them then eat them:
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:53 am to Boudreauboudreaugoly
Seems high risk. Like eating the brains seems dangerous.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:20 am to hawgfaninc
The squirrels are the sneaky bastards we should really be afraid of.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 8:26 am to Boudreauboudreaugoly
quote:“Planet of the Apps”
I’ve always heard that after humanity is done, the roaches and rats will rule this planet. Sequel to “PLANET OF THE APES”.
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:05 am to fr33manator
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They don't have some special bat hunting appendages
Yet…haha.
It would be interesting if this is simply a learned behavior at this point and/or if the “learned behavior” had led to some adaption.
It’s going to be hell with the bats and rats start working together. Bats dropping plague rats on the human populace would be frightening!
Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:08 am to hawgfaninc
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