• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    16 minutes ago

    To me bats are only jump-scary, like paranormal activity.

    They’re too cute up close to be afraid of, they only get me when I’m walking at night and one passes close enough for me to hear it flapping for a split second, which doesn’t happen every day, but several times a day since I walk my dogs down a road with a forest to live in on one side and a field filled with juicy bugs for them to eat on the other.

    I had one take up residence in the corner of my porch covering, it made me jump a little the first time I noticed it move, but I liked checking on him every morming

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    2 hours ago

    They’re the cutest lil sky puppies (even the ones that look like lil squishy-faced vampires) but I admit I’d be a bit spooked if one was in my house, only because I don’t want either of us getting hurt in its panic 😬

    • bobo@lemmy.ml
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      16 minutes ago

      If you live in an area with vampire bats you most certainly should be scared. They commonly carry rabies, and can transmit it without you knowing you got bit.