Vampire Bats Kill 13 People in Brazil

*jazz lady* ^(Premo) · 04-03-2004, 02:26 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Rabies-carrying vampire bats killed at least 13 people in a remote Amazon town in Brazil's northern state of Para last month, authorities said on Friday.

The state health care department said the thumb-sized creatures had attacked about 300 people -- an unusually high number -- since March 2 in the riverside Portel area, next to the world's biggest estuarine archipelago of Marajo.

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crabcake · 04-03-2004, 02:42 PM

so much for my honeymoon plans

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jazz lady ^(Premo) ~~ rara avis ~~ Member Since: Sep 2001 Location: Moving right along... Posts: 45,706	Vampire Bats Kill 13 People in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Rabies-carrying vampire bats killed at least 13 people in a remote Amazon town in Brazil's northern state of Para last month, authorities said on Friday. The state health care department said the thumb-sized creatures had attacked about 300 people -- an unusually high number -- since March 2 in the riverside Portel area, next to the world's biggest estuarine archipelago of Marajo. Rest of the story... __________________ ............................ "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence." ~ Robert Fripp "If it hadn't been for jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll" ~ Louis Armstrong
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crabcake ~~~~~~~~~~~ Member Since: Aug 2003 Location: Gettin' my biatch on Posts: 36,741	so much for my honeymoon plans __________________ If you can't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.
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