38 dead after being bitten by vampire bats

38 dead after being bitten by vampire bats

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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats.

Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according to two researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and other medical experts.

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Quite an unusual outbreak. I don't think I've ever heard of that large of an amount of people contracting rabies.

Very disturbing.

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Nature getting its own back? We underestimate it immensely.

More likely to be one of those freak events.

reply to post by round_eyed_dog

on average:
over 20,000 yep 20,000 people die a year in india from rabies mostly from dogs
worlwide 1 person per 30 seconds dies from rabies