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Short answer: yes, but it is highly unlikely.
Long answer:
According to my Infectious Diseases study materials, rabies can affect ANY mammal.
Now, when I read that I thought just like you: really? even, say, a whale? wow!
So then I was on my way to Google to find out, and what I found is that technically, it IS possible, but as the most common rabies carriers (dogs, foxes, coyotes, cats, raccoons, bats...) are landlubbers it is highly unlikely. However, there has been one reported case of a rabid seal (probably bit by a coyote on the beach). Now, say that the seal was to bite a whale, the whale would get infected. Cool, huh? Only, I don't see seals biting whales as a very common thing, but yeah, definitely possible.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes. Rabies is a Lyssavirus causing central nervous disease in all infected mammals (including dolphins) and is almost always fatal.
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∙ 15y agoNo, a whale can not get rabies
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∙ 13y agoYes. Anything can get rabies.
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Can reptiles get rabies?
No, only mammals can catch rabies. Turtles have been known to carry salmonella and many other diseases though
Can you get rabies from turkeys?
no, only mammals have rabies
Can crabs get rabies?
No. Only mammals get rabies.
What is the definition of aquatic mammals?
Aquatic mammals are mammals that can swim and live in water if necessary.
How do mammals get rabies?
yes because we are mammals
Do birds have ravies?
Not all birds <><><> If you meant Rabies, only mammals can get rabies. Birds are not mammals.
What are facts about rabies?
Only mammals can get/ carry rabies.
Can ants have rabies?
No. Only mammals can carry rabies.
Can an alligator get rabies?
No. Rabies only infects mammals.
Can a goose have rabies?
No geese can not get rabies. Only mammals are built to be able to get rabies.
What animals do not contract rabies?
Rabies is a disease that affects mammals. Non mammals such as reptiles, birds, fish, insects etc. do not contract rabies.
Can dogs get rabies?
All mammals can get rabies, and a dog is a mammal.
