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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: The Cajun
Birds? What birds?
81
posted on
09/10/2009 8:05:04 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Don't let history record that, when faced with evil, you did nothing!)
To: JoeProBono
Are the Tits any link to the Great Areola genus? I’ve been “rack”ing my brain, but my “mammary” fails me.
82
posted on
09/10/2009 8:15:30 PM PDT
by
TruthHound
("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
To: freedumb2003
To: andy58-in-nh
They seem like rather small tits to me...
Just saying....
84
posted on
09/10/2009 8:20:09 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
(If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.)
To: JoeProBono
A bra in search of great tits...
85
posted on
09/10/2009 8:23:04 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
(If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.)
To: Batman11
Can anyone help me with my html?
86
posted on
09/10/2009 8:24:51 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
(If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.)
To: Rebelbase
87
posted on
09/10/2009 8:27:06 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
(If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.)
To: NonLinear
To: airborne
One little piece of thread in the center stopping them birdies from being free. (Says The Cajun as he puts Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird into the DVD ;^)
89
posted on
09/10/2009 8:30:20 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
To: NonLinear
90
posted on
09/10/2009 8:36:35 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; TheOldLady
To: freedumb2003
I think you meant “not bat”.
92
posted on
09/10/2009 9:40:41 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Obammunism)
To: Pelham
>>I think you meant “not bat”.<<
Tit’ll have to so....
93
posted on
09/10/2009 9:56:33 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: Pelham
>>I think you meant “not bat”.<<
Tit’ll have to so....
94
posted on
09/10/2009 9:56:38 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: JoeProBono
95
posted on
09/10/2009 9:59:59 PM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(Nothing funny here ;-)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the ping. Er - I think?
LOL!!!
96
posted on
09/10/2009 11:58:25 PM PDT
by
sneakers
(Indiana (Pa) Patriots: www.standtoo.com)
To: sneakers
97
posted on
09/11/2009 2:56:51 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: ApplegateRanch
Thanks, I nipple looked at it that way before.
98
posted on
09/11/2009 2:56:55 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: TheOldLady
It’s the nest idea anyone has had in a while.
99
posted on
09/11/2009 2:56:59 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: JoeProBono
These are the only *tit* birds around here and I don't believe they eat bats.
100
posted on
09/11/2009 4:58:05 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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