Blood-thirsty vampire bat kills farmer with rabid bite
A FARMER has died and more than 40 people are being treated for possible rabies after vampire bat attacks.
Edivalson Francisco Souza, 46, was milking a cow when he stepped on the winged animal, which bit his foot.
He failed to see a doctor and died three weeks later in Paramirim, Brazil – the first case of human rabies in the country since 2004. A health alert was issued in March and within days residents in Salvador, 400 miles away, reported attacks. Locals wake to find bed sheets soaked in blood from bites on their toes, heels and elbows. Matheus Andrade, said: “I was bitten three times in two nights this month.” Vet Aroldo Arneiro said: “Deforestation and the destruction of caves have forced bats to migrate to cities.”