The bat lived

[BMiller52]

I remember on Saturday or whatever day it was a few people expressed concern the bat may be dead. Well it lived

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: "Spurs guard Manu Ginobili has been placed on a precautionary regimen of rabies vaccinations after his now-famous run-in with a flying bat during a game Halloween night. The shots are purely preventative. Because the bat could not be found after the game for testing -- team officials say it survived and flew away -- doctors recommended that anyone who came in contact with it be vaccinated. Ginobili took four shots Monday in the hip and arm, and he is scheduled for four more such sessions over the next month. 'It was pretty funny at the time,' Ginobili said Monday, two days after his bat encounter. 'Now it's not. I got like a million shots for rabies.' ... Ginobili, who was not bitten, showed no signs of illness Monday and was expected to participate fully in practice. CDC guidelines advise anyone who has physical contact with a bat to be vaccinated for rabies, unless the animal can be tested. 'It wasn't so much fun,' said Ginobili, wearing a bandage on his right shoulder from his first round of injections. 'But the bat survived. I'm fine. I'm not going to have rabies.' "

 

[Kingsguy881]

Keep PETA off his back with that last comment.......

 

[LoungeLizard]

Oh thank goodness!! I can sleep again.

 

[VF21]

I'd still like to see the explanation of how, when the bat appeared in the arena, the Spurs mascot was able to find a butterfly net AND Batman costume within moments. It was a stupid rigged stunt, and someone could have been hurt... I'd like to see the league take some kind of action or at least get some kind of explanation from the Spurs about the "coincidence."

 

[kennadog]

Actually, it's illegal to kill some species of bats as they are endangered. Bats only produce one offspring a year. Some of the apartment projects I monitor for USDA have had to have bats removed. They rarely bother humans. Run-ins with humans are usually accidental.

However, they are extremely beneficial animals and we sell bat houses here at our USDA offices. Bats eat over a third their weight in insects each and every night, eliminating many pests and also helping to control disease-carrying mosquitoes.

What bothered me about the incident was that it looked planned. If it was, then it was animal abuse, IMHO. If what must have been a frightened little bat survived, I'm glad.