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Why a bat bite can go unnoticed

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While movies insist you should be terrified of foaming stray dogs, your actual nightmare is a tiny mammal fluttering around your attic at night. Their microscopic teeth are incredibly sharp, meaning a person can be severely bitten while resting without ever realizing it happened. The victim wakes up completely oblivious, tragically unaware they just acquired a universally fatal pathogen.

Why a bat bite can go unnoticed
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