A Pilbara resident says she did not realise how serious a bat bite could be until she experienced it herself. A very small number of bats carry the deadly lyssavirus which is communicable to humans. The unlucky woman is undergoing a painful course of preventive treatment.
Well, there are a lot of these flying mammals going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that bats aren’t safe.