Official rabies thread

[predatorkeeper87]

Depends on the species,size of individual animal,and how far the rabies has progressed,it should also be noted that there are quite a few types of rabies,which are poorly studied. animals that or sick or injured are often bold or desperate,even weakened or dying they can possess astounding energy or strength, my friend killed a coyote that killed a number of sheep(roughly 30or so if I remember correctly)and even fatally injured a cow which had to be put down,the coyote was missing half of its front legs and had a jaw deformity,yet would attack multiple adult sheep in a single night,and did so alone,despite not being big.

every rabid animal I've ever encountered, at the stage where they begin to "go nuts" and attack people, have literally fallen over trying to run at either myself or someone else. Granted 99.9% of my experience is with raccoons but a healthy raccoon is fast and agile, these things acted almost intoxicated. I've shot my fair share of rabid coons lol.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Sounds like u still get the old school strain of rabies,most of the rabid animals in the last six years that I know of in my area have been ravers,we used to get a lot of rabid animals that looked drunk and died in stupid ways(like falling out of trees)but were not seeing that as often now,perhaps because the faster more agile strain is more likely to spread to other animals.

 

[pops]

I have come across rabid lovers (good times), Rabid kids (bad times) and rabid football fans ( me) but never a rabid animal.

I can think of allot more scarier viruses than rabies. namely any of the air born.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

U want scarier?:y pestis,bubonic plague,and heck those weren't bad enough,scientist had to make worse ones.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Rabid otter attacks woman, partially crippling her!

 

[krichardson]

A rabies thread....an official rabies thread,how in the world did I miss this one?!?!

 

[pops]

I m thinking the same thing.

 

[islandguy11]

Here where I live in Thailand has been considered Rabies free for many years -- but unfortunately there has been a recent outbreak in our part of the island, perhaps due to evolving strains as mentioned by DV7 in OP....

https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phuket-declares-rabies-outbreak-zone-in-chalong

We have a 9 yr. old Spanish Hound but most of the time she's just sleeping in the house, super lazy dog. But for now I've curtailed her daily walks, hope this goes away soon but who knows.

 

[Matteus]

U want scarier?:y pestis,bubonic plague,and heck those weren't bad enough,scientist had to make worse ones.

What about necrotizing fasciitis? (Flesh eating disease). That’s pretty nasty. Or leprosy.

Speaking of Thailand, I saw a guy busking in Bangkok who had leprosy, and his eyes were bleeding

 

[piranhaman00]

LOL I was wondering how I missed this thread as well.