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Catching bats in Costa Rica

by Jerry Guo (RSS feed) on Jan 31st 2008 at 10:20PM

The photo on the right is of my hand--and more interestingly, of a bona-fide vampire bat. I'm sure our resident health-blogger Erik's head just exploded right about now.

Handling bats, let alone vampire bats, are a huge no-no since they are one of the animals most likely to carry rabies. By no means was I even close to being a badass here; before going to Costa Rica to catch bats, I put down $500 for a series of rabies vaccines and oh, wore two pairs of leather gloves to handle this particular bat.

Catching bats was an unbelievable experience--honestly, how many people in the world have had the chance to do that? It also really made me appreciate an animal that's gotten a really bad rap. Anyways, below is a gallery of my two-week bat-catching trip to Costa Rica.

Gallery: Catching bats in Costa Rica

Filed under: Costa Rica, Ecotourism

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