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Why don't rabies infected humans act like rabies infected animals (lemmy.today)
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This always puzzled me. Why don't humans act much more aggressive or crazed like its often depicted with animals. Afaik there's 2 types of rabies, "dumb" and "furious" so my question is more towards the 2nd type. For example, we never hear of rabies causing a human to accidentally bite another human so why is that?

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[–] 90 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Humans have a highly developed prefrontal cortex that allows them to suppress their own impulses through conscious will.

Humans don’t attack people when rabid because they know it’s wrong to do.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    β€œSome” humans have highly developed prefrontal cortex πŸ™ƒ

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hey, Belgians are human too!

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Given the Dutch's colonial history, these aren't necessarily mutually exclusive statements

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If we're blaming people for what their ancestors did hundreds of years ago then Imma need to see everyone your great great great great grandparents all ever did

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    I'm not blaming the current Dutch government, I'm blaming the old privateering regime. Same way that I can say that the British have blood on their hands for every escalated conflict in the middle-east, that does not mean that I blame the current British administration for it.

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