More anecdotally, I knew a cat that brought in bats almost daily, which is why the owner had her vaccinated against rabies (classical rabies RABV has been extirpated here).
You may find the recently published article “A General Principle of Neuronal Evolution Reveals a Human-Accelerated Neuron Type Potentially Underlying the High Prevalence of Autism in Humans” interesting.
Some of these crawlers appear to be designed to avoid rate limiting based on IP. I regularly see millions of unique ips doing strange requests, each just one or at most a few per day. When a response contains a unique redirect I often see a geographically distinct address fetching the destination.
Post exposure vaccination alone is not sufficient to prevent death for all cases. Immunoglobulins (HRIG) must also be administered. HRIG is not commonly available in many developing countries or rural areas. This is why preexposure vaccination is recommended for vulnerable groups (children) when traveling to such areas.
Van Gogh Worldwide has a number of photos of paintings done with raking light and sometimes even X-ray. The raking light really allows one to see the amount of paint applied.
The hyperemesis described is not an acute OD-like effect, but happens to some chronic users. It wanes when cannabis use ceases. Very hot baths and showers help suppressing the nausea.