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Cold winters drive great tits to eat bats, reports expert
timesonline ^
| September 9, 2009
Posted on 09/10/2009 4:41:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A much-loved garden bird has been exposed as a ruthless killer after being observed seeking out and eating hibernating bats.
The great tits were provoked into the unusual behaviour after suffering food shortages during particularly harsh winter weather.
Over the course of two winters, ornithologists observed the birds searching for, killing and eating 18 bats in caves in the Bükk Mountains in northeast Hungary.
The birds normally live on seeds and insects such as caterpillars and spiders but during the winter these can be in very scarce supply. In particular, snow cover can make it impossible for the great tits to find food.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: aheartthisthread; godsgravesglyphs; nocomment; tits
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To: TheOldLady
"...bats are afraid..."
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posted on
09/11/2009 5:02:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Daffynition
122
posted on
09/11/2009 5:31:09 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: NonLinear
A bra in search of great tits... 
Son, that's a booby trap...
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posted on
09/11/2009 7:38:35 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 233 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: airborne
To: JoeProBono
125
posted on
09/11/2009 8:52:08 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
126
posted on
09/11/2009 8:53:36 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
127
posted on
09/11/2009 8:54:43 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
128
posted on
09/11/2009 8:55:56 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: IYellAtMyTV
129
posted on
09/11/2009 8:56:39 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/11/2009 8:56:46 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
09/11/2009 8:58:52 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
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09/11/2009 8:59:37 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
Okay, think I’ve got it out of my system now. ;-)
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posted on
09/11/2009 9:00:40 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
LOL! Added to the collection!
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: orlop9
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09/11/2009 9:10:29 PM PDT
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IYellAtMyTV
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To: JoeProBono
That’s a pair of great tits
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posted on
09/13/2009 12:38:31 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To Glenn Beck. Obama doesn't hate whites, he hates all Americans.)
To: freedumb2003
Those are not great tits, those are enhanced tits.
137
posted on
09/13/2009 12:39:41 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To Glenn Beck. Obama doesn't hate whites, he hates all Americans.)
To: IYellAtMyTV
The greatest TV show, ever.
To: JoeProBono
I like TITS!"
To: wolfcreek
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posted on
09/13/2009 1:05:33 PM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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