You may be thinking of gophers or mole rats or voles or something else, but not *moles*.
Moles do not have incisors that are anything like rodent incisors. Some moles have canines that are large enough to annoy a larger animal. But all have insectivore dentition: small and spiky throughout. You can see a specimen of a mole skull at
Well I'm out of my league here. This is what I was told by the Triage nurse in the ER at Newton Memorial Hospital in Newton NJ. I was there yesterday (7/12/2004) around 3-4 pm. She left for about 5 minutes to check with a Doctor whose name I did not get, returned and related that to me. I supposed if you really wanted to know you could give them a ring to see if they happen to know of the study.
Ha, that's a darn good question. I've rescued quite a few rodents (mice) from the cat and dog since as long as they aren't in the house I have no problem with them. Generally, I'll grab a pair of gloves, grab the rodent and get the cat and dog away from it. In this case while trying to rescue the INSECTIVORA (mole) I had no access to gloves, the thing was squealing in pain, as far as I can tell the cat and dog where having a grand ole time, the dog having just pawed and stepped on it the cat batting it around a bit, so I wanted to get it away from them. It was obviously in pain and bit me as soon as I grabbed it.
I once saved a bee from drowning, damn if it didn't turn around and sting me. :)
Yesterday overcome by the mischief imp, I reached under a flower & folded the petals upward around a bee. It became perfectly still. When I let the petals fall back into place, the calm bee continued its gathering.
-paghat the ratgirl
I believe it simply comes down to the nature of the beast . . . much like the fable about the frog and scorpion.
LeeAnne
You may want to get a tetanus shot just to be on the safe side too. Although by now I don't know if it would help since you were bit a short time ago.
Just an afterthought.
Yes that is the key, afaik: rodents do not CARRY rabies w/the exception of the woodchuck (maybe because it's larger and has a fighting chance of getting away and its body doesn't succumb as quickly??)
And yes, how DO bats get rabies? I guess a "vampire" bat would make sense if it bit an infected animal - is that what we're talking about? Or do regular every day "Little Black Bats" that catch and eat mosquitoes get it too?
A funny(well, to me): A few years ago in the Boston area there was a case of a rabid woodchuck running across a backyard at full speed to attack a toddler on a swingset (ok, that's not the funny part) . . . and all I recall is the silly mother being on TV saying something like "I'm sure glad we were able to catch that Woodchuck and have it tested for rabies so little Johnny wouldn't have to get treatments unnecessarily..." and all I could think was "stupid lady, if a WC is running across your yard to attack the kid it's definitely rabid, no ifs, ands or buts about it".
LeeAnne
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