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Generally speaking, about 1% of the bat population carries rabies. You can't get it from urine or touch though, only spit/blood, and then only if that spit/blood gets into your own bloodstream, such as through a bite or an extended french-kissing session.
(Austin has a bat population of 1.5 million, the majority of which live under one major bridge in the middle of the city. There's a big bat sculpture downtown, and our hockey team is the IceBats. We're kind of fans of bats, here.)
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