Cavern miners aim to gather 200 tons of guano

http://news.mysanantonio.com/global-includes/printStory.cfm?xla='saen'&xlb=180&xlc=1115839 ^ | Roger Croteau

[Cincinatus' Wife]

(John Davenport/Express-News) A crew member working to extract bat guano from the floor deep inside the Bracken Bat Cave manipulates a large suction hose that will send the material out of the cave to ground level. The material is dry, powdery and earth-toned.

[John Beresford Tipton]

But, HAVE THEY FOUND BAT BOY!!!!

[Darksheare]

200 tons??
Now THAT'S a pile of.....
/ joke.

Bat guano.. Sheesh.

[syriacus]

My daughter was impressed by the number of bats she saw flying near a bridge at night when she visited in Texas. I know she'll find this article interesting. Thanks for posting it.

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"If you look up, keep your mouth closed," Moore said. "I speak from experience."

Wearing some sort of face-mask might help, too.

[Junior]

That many bats leave a lot of guano. In fact, in parts of the cave it's piled 30 feet deep, and if some of it weren't removed periodically, the cave would fill up eventually, leaving no room for the bats to roost.

In which case the bats would be $#!+ out of luck...

[hometoroost]

If they think that's a lot of guano they should hang around and clean up after the Democratic presidential primary debates.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Talk about a sh*tty job!

[RonF]

The efficacy of guano as fertilizer is no rumor. There have been islands in the Pacific used for millenia as bird roosts that freighters would stop at to strip of guano. Large sums of money were made.

[KantianBurke]

remind me never to complain about my job :>

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Deep in the bowels of a D.C. office building, while searching for his lost keys to the Lock Box, Algore stumbles across some FBI files and an old pant suit named Crusty.

[cjshapi]

Gee, this makes cleaning my horses stalls much more appealing.

[cjshapi]

If you think your job is crappy....

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Yeah, get yourself a 50 gallon shopvac.

[mewzilla]

[reagan_fanatic]

"Now that's alot of sh*t."

[Dionysius]

Please somebody post a picture of Keenan Wynn as Colonel "Bat" Guano. I know one's out there somewhere.

[JAWs]

I've heard the term 'bats--t' bandied about, but that is absurd!

[PatrickHenry]

Mandrake: Look, I don't know what sort of stupid game this is you're playing, but I've got a very good idea what the recall code is and I have to get in touch with SAC headquarters immediately.

Guano: I said put your hands over your head and keep 'em there. Got any witnesses?

Mandrake: Witnesses? What are you talking about, witnesses? He shot himself!

Guano: While he was shaving, huh?

Mandrake: Now look, Colonel... Bat Guano, if that really is your name, may I tell you that I have a very, very good idea, I think, I hope, I pray, what the recall code is. It's some sort of recurrent theme he kept repeating. It's a variation on Peace on Earth or Purity of Essence. E O P. O P E. It's one of those!

Guano: Put your hands up on top of your head. Start walking.

Mandrake: Don't you know that General Ripper went as mad as a bloody march hare and sent the while wing to attack the Soviets? Don't you know that?

[mewzilla]

[punster]

I know where they could find a lot more bat guano: Just follow the democrat candidates around, and collect the bat guano after they give speeches.

Of course, quality control demands that analytical tests be performed, to determine that it is really bat guano and not just the abundant BS the democrats put out.