Still Waters Posted September 9, 2012 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2012 At first glance it may seem this bat has got himself in a bit of a lather - but in fact the tiny wet mammal is just covered in harmless morning dew while hibernating in a cavern. The snoozing bat was snapped while sleeping in a cave in Argonne, in Verdun, France. Photographer Yves Adams, 34, from Belgium, took this fascinating picture of the Natterer's bat getting some shut eye. http://www.dailymail...orning-dew.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted September 9, 2012 #2 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Bats are our friends, they eat mosquitoes. I like to watch them flying round the street light outside my house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted September 9, 2012 #3 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Bats are great, they eat bugs including mosquitoes and they are having problems just like the honeybee. Hate to live in a world without them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted September 9, 2012 #4 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Bats are amazing creatures. They're a bit like pterosaurs, but you know... the mammal variant. Only one species of mammal developed flight and diversified into that niche, even when it was already occupied by birds. Evolutionary miracles man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regi Posted September 9, 2012 #5 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Indeed! Bats are fascinating for many reasons. Austin, Texas is said to have the largest bat colony in the world. Millions of bats fly out from under the Congress Avenue bridge at twilight every night during the summer. There's video's on YouTube. The first article linked below recommends wearing a hat! I haven't been there, but that sounds like good advise which I highly doubt would have occurred to me! http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10852 http://www.batcon.org/index.php/get-involved/visit-a-bat-location/congress-avenue-bridge.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted September 9, 2012 #6 Share Posted September 9, 2012 A few years ago we were renovating the local community hall and it was my job to climb up a ladder about 30 feet and open up the gable end. As soon as I got the cover off about 50 bats came swarming out past my head. To their credit though, not one of them touched me. They are amazing, just not enough of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoidwoman Posted September 9, 2012 #7 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Bats are wonderful and those photos are excellent; I love to see bats swooping around when the nights draw in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted September 10, 2012 #8 Share Posted September 10, 2012 *claps* Bats are one of my favorite animals ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted September 11, 2012 #9 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Just this afternoon a friend pulls into my driveway, for a visit. I see him and go into the porch As he's walking up he says, "Do you know that you've got a bat on your steps?" I look and there he is with his eyes closed. We leave him alone for a bit and suddenly the sun comes out (it was a cold and cloudy day) and he scurries himself to the edge of the steps. Before we could check him again he lit off, literally 'like a bat outta hell'. I looked him up and I think that he was a "Little Brown Myotis" (Myotis lucifugus). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted September 11, 2012 #10 Share Posted September 11, 2012 i love bats they are super cool! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Star Posted September 11, 2012 #11 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Indeed! Bats are fascinating for many reasons. Austin, Texas is said to have the largest bat colony in the world. Millions of bats fly out from under the Congress Avenue bridge at twilight every night during the summer. There's video's on YouTube. The first article linked below recommends wearing a hat! I haven't been there, but that sounds like good advise which I highly doubt would have occurred to me! http://www.roadsidea...com/story/10852 http://www.batcon.or...nue-bridge.html Yes, I have been there. Great to watch...No, I didn't get any guano on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted September 11, 2012 #12 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Bats are related to primates. Now imagine a gorilla with leathery wings, lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted September 11, 2012 #13 Share Posted September 11, 2012 It realy bad luck when you are bat and have diarrhea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted September 11, 2012 #14 Share Posted September 11, 2012 http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,20165965,00.html I really want to make one of these,but my neighbor is such an ass....he would probably call out the FBI on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted September 12, 2012 #15 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I like bats I just got the go ahead from my closest neighbor to put up bathouses on my property. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted September 12, 2012 #16 Share Posted September 12, 2012 http://www.thisoldho...0165965,00.html I really want to make one of these,but my neighbor is such an ass....he would probably call out the FBI on me. Do it anyways. I'm sure there's no law against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted September 12, 2012 #17 Share Posted September 12, 2012 'Interested in bats, you ask? Why, you could say I have a bit of an interest, yes.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted September 12, 2012 #18 Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) Lol, by coincidence I found a full movie on YouTube yesterday, about a medieval warrior who had a bat as pet. http://en.wikipedia....und_(2007_film) "Against all odds, the boy cheats death through sheer determination and will, his strength becomes powerful through many years of hard labor, scarred by violence, and his prowess honed by a hunger for revenge. For many years his only companions were disheartened, tortured slaves and a strangely intelligent bat, Ragged Wing, who is destined to become his constant companion." . Edited September 12, 2012 by Abramelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galilei Posted September 12, 2012 #19 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I think bats are beautiful and amazing creatures. I used to have a book about different species of bats when I was little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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