[Shop-talk] Maybe the weirest shop related question asked here.

[Bob Spidell]

re: "People have little to fear in terms of catching diseases or 
parasites from bears"

Maybe because scant few people survive encounters with bears long enough 
to show symptoms?


On 4/2/2020 1:47 PM, Steven Trovato via Shop-talk wrote:
> I realize that this is not what this exchange is really about, but it 
> got me wondering about rabies in bears.  Apparently it is possible, 
> but very rare.  According to humanesociety.org:  People have little to 
> fear in terms of catching diseases or parasites from bears. As 
> warm-blooded animals, bears can get rabies, but it is very rare. There 
> are no known cases of a person catching rabies from a bear.
>
> -Steve T.
>
> At 03:14 PM 4/2/2020, Randall via Shop-talk wrote:
>
>> > I am struggling to picture the situation where a "big enough
>> > to be dangerous" wild animal comes into a noisy shop by
>> > choice.
>>
>> Ever hear of rabies ?  Just like people, wild animals aren't always
>> rational.
>>
>> -- Randall
>>
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