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re: Apparently rats have started hunting bats

Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:12 am to
Posted by J Murdah
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:12 am to
I’m sure this won’t create any horrible disease
Posted by PsychTiger
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:14 am to
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The squirrels are the sneaky bastards we should really be afraid of.


Tree rats.
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:15 am to
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I’m sure this won’t create any horrible disease


Posted by Spankum
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 10:17 am to
Is this some kind of weird LGBQ thing?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 11:35 am to
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The squirrels are the sneaky bastards we should really be afraid of.

They take no fall damamage. You could throw them out of a jet and they'd hit the ground and just shake it off.
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:06 pm to
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Let them fight.


Bats >>>>> Rats

Bats eat mosquitos and other annoying insects.
Posted by chinhoyang
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:20 pm to
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Bats eat mosquitos and other annoying insects.


Bats carry rabies.
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:24 pm to
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Bats carry rabies.


And? Bats don't really interact with humans at all.
Posted by Sam Quint
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:27 pm to
that video says 2020 on it, and it's probably AI bullshite anyways.
Posted by theballguy
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:40 pm to
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That’s bat shite crazy



You win
Posted by LsuNav
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:04 pm to
Those bats were teasing that rat. Maybe the bats will evolve to be less stupid.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:09 pm to
Do we really want "brats"? Because this is how we get "brats".
Posted by JetsetNuggs
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 2:11 pm to
I'm team bat
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 3:57 pm to


Watched this program on the speculative evolution of Bats the other night. Some cool stuff
Posted by Gorilla Ball
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:06 pm to
lol
Posted by chinhoyang
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:08 pm to
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And? Bats don't really interact with humans at all.


I had a rabid bat interact with me - attacked me. I killed it and it tested positive for rabies. It was a Sunday afternoon, and given the time, I suspected rabies as I was fighting it off.
Posted by Lexis Dad
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:10 pm to
frick both rats and bats
Posted by Lexis Dad
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:12 pm to
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One rat colony could consume over 2,000 bats a winter.

Posted by Sasquatch Smash
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:25 pm to
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that video says 2020 on it

Science takes a while sometimes.

From observation to crunching numbers to writing to manuscript submittal to revisions to publication.

You can check out their publication here at Science Direct.



I haven’t read much of the article, but I did see that rats were using a platform in the caves that hole bat-counting equipment. Maybe they ought to figure out a change there.
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 4:30 pm
Posted by dstone12
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:28 pm to
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This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 4:29 pm
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