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Dubanx t1_jdmckdb wrote

Rabies doesn't cause biting, per say. It causes increased levels of aggression, which translates to biting for most animals.

This is part of the reason why human to human transmission is so rare. When humans fight we rarely bite, so even if a person does get infected they're unlikely to spread the virus by biting.

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Uberninja2016 t1_jdm4cjv wrote

...no reason other than that the behavior in the video matches known symptoms of rabies in humans

rabies swells your throat, making swallowing anything painful, and that manifests in a fear of drinking; even someone with rabies knows what a cup of water is

if it's a fake, it is a very realistic fake

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loki130 t1_jdltqbu wrote

To take a somewhat less abstract approach to this than those mentioned so far, an object like a neutron star needs some repulsive force to counteract gravity and prevent further collapse, and that force must be conveyed by particles that cannot exceed light speed. If no light or other particle can move outwards, no force can be conveyed, and there's nothing stopping the mass from collapsing eternally inwards.

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directtampion t1_jdlkyi4 wrote

The space agency provides female astronauts with a personal hygiene kit that includes items like menstrual pads, wipes, and a special kind of underwear designed for use in space. The kit also includes instructions on how to use these items in microgravity.

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