Man, part of me as a parent would insist on killing that squirrel just to be sure. Better safe than sorry. By the time symptoms have started manifesting, it's too late. They've come a long way in the treatment of rabies, what with inducing a coma and all, but brain damage is almost a certainty.

And the treatment, all the shots in the abdomen, best avoided.

If a wild animal comes up to you like that, you should always be suspicious.

Stupid people.

Good advice! And be extremely suspicious if the squirrel opens the trunk of his car and shows you these brand new set of $700 Bose speakers that he is selling for $100. Being an animal lover, I fell for the scam and found out the hard way that it's still illegal to buy stolen property even if you didn't know it was stolen. Luckily I didn't get into trouble (much anyway). And of course, hindsight is 20/20 so I should have asked myself how someone who lives in a tree would need a sound system to begin with.

Oh well.

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Man, part of me as a parent would insist on killing that squirrel just to be sure. Better safe than sorry. By the time symptoms have started manifesting, it's too late. They've come a long way in the treatment of rabies, what with inducing a coma and all, but brain damage is almost a certainty.
And the treatment, all the shots in the abdomen, best avoided.
If a wild animal comes up to you like that, you should always be suspicious.

yea I had one come up to me and was trying to sell me some extremely pure lsd, but I saw through the ruse and noticed it was just glycerin laced sugar cubes.

I should have been more suspicious

Once the little critter bites him, he immediately referenced his knowledge of rabbis and the seriousness of it previously heard from others.

Yet mere seconds prior he's casually allowing his fingers to go close to the creatures mouth and has the mind set to pick the thing up and hold it.

@ BoneRemake, spot on.

I came here to say this. Rabies is no joke—well it is because people die, and that's funny—but it's not because it's very deadly...and like you mentioned, once you see the symptoms it's too late. I didn't think rabies was that big of a deal until my girlfriend did a presentation on it for a nursing class. In less developed countries it is a big cause of death.>> ^UsesProzac:

Man, part of me as a parent would insist on killing that squirrel just to be sure. Better safe than sorry. By the time symptoms have started manifesting, it's too late. They've come a long way in the treatment of rabies, what with inducing a coma and all, but brain damage is almost a certainty.
And the treatment, all the shots in the abdomen, best avoided.
If a wild animal comes up to you like that, you should always be suspicious.

Nature: Put that shit down it ain't no Toy!

This is what kids are like without challenge and discipline.

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