Originally Posted by
~invisible~girl~
I know people can get it.
Bats carry rabies, but they don't get sick from it. People have to have rabies shots if they're bitten by a bat because there wouldn't be any way to tell if the bat was infected or not, and also since bats don't die from rabies, they can carry it for a lot longer, so a higher portion of them are infected, so bat bites are the most common way for people and other animals to get rabies.