ever touched a wild animal before?
By lady Di
@lady1993 (27221)
Philippines
April 18, 2021 5:58pm CST
We have a few bats here, but i never got to touch one until we went to my dad's province. I was in the bedroom, chilling... the house was old and the windows were huge and didn't have a screen.
I thought something was thrown at me but when i looked behind me, a tiny bat was hanging on to the pillow. It was cute, but it had claws so i wrapped it in a blanket and helped it go outside.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Apr 21
I stay away from any bat.
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@Deepizzaguy (122070)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Apr 21
@lady1993 You are right.
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@cherigucchi (15934)
• Philippines
19 Apr 21
I don't like bats! I have not yet touched any wild animals and I don't have plans.
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@cherigucchi (15934)
• Philippines
22 Apr 21
@lady1993 Never mind for me...hahahaha
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
19 Apr 21
Yes a bobcat up in the mountains of Colorado the state I live in now.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
21 Apr 21
@lady1993 It was cautious as all wild animals are
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
19 Apr 21
Not wild wild, but in a zoo-like setting wild. Last week I went to Kentucky Down Under, held a snake, and petted the kangaroos!!!
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
21 Apr 21
@lady1993 — these were extremely docile. They have “grown up,” as it were, being petted and hand fed, and they loved it.
Having said that, I made sure to not approach one from the back leg area. 
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@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
19 Apr 21
Wow, that would have scared me so bad. Glad you handled it the way you did.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Apr 21
I've picked up a few snakes, I've picked up a few lizards. Apart from that, no.
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@yukimori (10193)
• United States
19 Apr 21
Yeah, mostly lizards and snakes, occasionally toads and things like crayfish. Depending on the definition of "wild" I suppose you could include the gila monster, the owl, the coyote pup, half a dozen wallabies, a couple of lemurs, the mountain lion, and the tiger, although all of those contacts happened at a zoological sanctuary and not in the actual wild.
My sense of self-preservation may be a bit lacking.
My sense of self-preservation may be a bit lacking.2 people like this
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Apr 21
That's a good idea. Bats sometimes have rabies. I have petted a wild big horn sheep in Glacier Park Montana. I also had a wild mountain goat lick my knee (for the salt) on a long hike. I ran into a black bear on anther hike, but chose not to touch him. Heh.
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
10 Dec 22
Its getting uncommon to touch them. I guess always was but I remember days step dad who was a jerk but did cool things like this a snake, pet it. This a snapping turtle touch it on its head I got him so will not harm you. You see, he likes it. I miss innocence, everything so corrupt now. Animals in general seem to keep most people honest. The few that does not are the ones you should be careful of.
