A Pilbara resident says she did not realise how serious a bat bite could be until she experienced it herself. A very small number of bats carry the deadly lyssavirus which is communicable to humans. The unlucky woman is undergoing a painful course of preventive treatment.

  • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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    28 days ago

    Yeah, I got bit by a bat in Darwin so I got all the treatments and rabies immunity for a few years.

    Unfortunately that’s expired now