I heard something interesting today about bats and hair. It seems that it's the things we put on our hair that attract flying insects, thereby attracting bats that are trying to get at the insects and not at our hair.
I also learned that a very, very small percentage of bats are infected with rabies--something like less than .5% of all bats. I learned this from a journalist who has just written an article on bats.
She also said that the bats that are healthy enough to fly at your hair to feed on insects are the ones that you don't have to worry about having rabies. It's the ones who behave in unnatural ways. She said that bats infected with rabies die very quickly.
I'd been wondering for quite a long while why cavers weren't more concerned about contracting rabies--and I guess it's the fact that most bats don't have rabies.
Now if anybody possesses contrary information, do post here.
