Posted on 05/03/2022 7:07:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Good morning! ‘Face, are you feeling better today (I sincerely hope?)
Struggled mightily with this one and scraped by.
Wordle 374 6/6
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A little yes, thanks! As my mother would say, “I’m kicking feebly, and not stirring up much dust.”
I did better on this than I thought I would, for as bad as my brain is working.
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Perfect morning kitteh! Thanks!
Good Morning!
Again, the rain clouds skipped over us... beyond a 5 minute (very faint) spritzing in the early evening... looked like good coverage in areas to our Southwest.... maybe next time...
Another four spot:
Wordle 374 4/6
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You’re welcome.
Back from Weight Watchers, where I learned that I lost 3.2 lbs. last week (day camp ;-) and saw some people I hadn’t seen recently. Soon, it will be lunchtime.
Excellent news! I’d love to lose that much in a week!
It’s always good to see friends, no matter when the last time was.
I’m sure it’s because of all the walking around and sweating. Still, every little bit helps.
I need to play music for next Sunday, but I’m feeling more like taking a nap, after the cat-pillow thing.
I want to walk, but I don’t dare until I get past the worst of this. I know I can lose some weight if I can walk twice a week.
Did you have a nice nap?
Not yet. That’s my next thing!
Today’s special animal friend is Kitti’s hog-nosed bat, Craseonycteris thonglongyai. Also known as the “bumblebee bat,” this two-gram flying mammal is native to Thailand and Myanmar. It has brown or reddish-brown fur and a short snout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MjloOmz1TA
The bumblebee bat is the only species in the Craseonycteridae family. Maybe. Chiropterologists – scientists who study bats – are investigating the issue of whether the Thai and Burmese populations are separate subspecies or even different species. They look alike, but they have different echolocation calls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysHLFIvR1M
Bumblebee bats are insectivorous. Researchers can tell this from their teeth. They are active for short periods at dawn and dusk. Then they spend the rest of the day and night roosting deep in dry limestone caves. Unlike many cave-dwelling bats, they have a low population density, with an average of only 100 individuals sharing a cave.
Females give birth to a single, miniscule pup each year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_PRZpVbfdg
Bumblebee bats are currently classified as Near Threatened by IUCN. This is an upgrade from their previous classification of Vulnerable. The change occurred because new populations have been discovered as scientists investigate more caves in Thailand and occasionally – when it’s not too dangerous - in Myanmar.
The main threats to bumblebee bats are deforestation and roost disturbance. When trees are cut, the insect population declines, reducing the bats’ food supply. The roost disturbance is partly a result of the coolness of the bumblebee bat. Since its discovery in the mid-1970s, scientists and some eco-tourists have sought out the caves to count, measure, collect, and otherwise mess with the bats. Humidity, smoke, and pathogens are brought in, as well as noise and physical disruption.
Other disruptions are caused by Buddhist monks seeking hermitages for meditation. Although they do not intentionally disturb the bats, they bring torches or lamps and otherwise impact the habitat. Finally, illegal drug consumers and traffickers also use the caves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W882q5dyYM
So cool!! Thanks!
Plenty of bats downstairs, but none quite so small.
Not much bigger than my thumbnail!
What a sweet floof! So many of them this week!
Good morning. I hope you slept well — without a cat walking on your pillow.
Nothing is on the docket for today except that stupid inspection. It doesn’t start until 0930, so I’m safe.
I have some prescriptions to get at Kroger, so hopefully FS has time to fit that into his schedule. The doctor (in Utah) has put me on a steroid inhaler because of the trouble I’m having breathing this moist air. I hope they work!
Good morning. No cat on the pillow. He’s gotten so big! Needs his claws trimmed, too.
I’m working on getting the youths up for the Outing. We need to leave 7:30-ish to pick some friends up. I told everyone to make lunches, hope they did!
I hope they packed lunches, too!
Enjoy your day and be sure to take pictures!
Good morning. Happy Humph Day!
We had temps in the 50s again this morning. Nice weather when we can get it.
Today’s wordle is still elusive. I’ll get back to it later.
Nice weather!
It’s not bad here, mid-80s expected later. Seeya!
Haz funz!
I finally got there, but not without considerable consternation.
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