bugger of all

Don’t forget I have Bluesky I suppose. Since everyone is plugging theirs, here’s mine

for art that someone has added reblog commentary to (or removed the caption from), reblog from the source

otherwise, avoid adding reblog comments to art (as this will affect the artist's notes/visibility)—utilize tags and replies to provide commentary (which artists will absolutely appreciate)

not all rabies victims will be foaming at the mouth. rabies isn't gonna be super obvious to those who don't know what to look for there is only one documented case of someone recovering from rabies

TELL TALE SYMPTOMS:

You can pet the cat in Norway; you can pet the cat in Spain;

Austria and Sweden - Northern Europe, in the main,

In the United Kingdom, which as you know entails,

England Scotland and Northern Ireland and Wales,

You can pet the cat, the fox, the rat, and any of the geese -

You can pet anything that you can catch if you go to Greece.

You’re allowed to pet the Irish cats, and Luxembourg is on,

Anything in Finland, France, Italy and Taiwan!

The world is big and large and strange, and many countries are

Rabies-free and glad of it! Like Germany! Qatar!

Aotearoa’s rabies-free on account of rare mammalia,

But you’re also fine to pet the cat upon entry to Australia.

If in Japan you see a cat you may surely pet away -

You can pat the cat in Belgium, Iceland, and of course Norway.

There are other countries where this virus has no hold,

And if YOU want to rhyme them then you’ll win a star of gold.

On this planet there are many places where you can safely pet the cat,

Me: nooooooooooooo it was only YESTERDAY, IN MY OWN HANDS, I very much HAD A LIST of rabies-free places FOR WORK -

Noooooooo!

In 2013, Taiwan, which had never before documented rabies, discovered its first cases of lyssavirus in the wild ferret-badger and therefore had to leave the WHO’s rabies-free list. That’s on me. do NOT pet the wild ferret-badger.