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| Feb 04
| Leah Tiscione
Posted on 02/12/2004 9:29:52 AM PST by Coop
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To: Constitution Day
There is a larch that decided to nest in front of my house. Unfortunately it is in the electric utility Right of Way, and every now and then the power company clears the easement. Too bad, poor larch, it's never more than 2 feet tall.
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:48:25 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Darnright
So, this is your idea of cute? :-)
![](http://sevilleta.unm.edu/data/species/mammal/sevilleta/profile/big-brown-bat-photo.gif)
I prefer chipmunks or puppies, but to each his own.
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:51:39 AM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry.)
To: Redcoat LI
That's an interesting question, and quite important. I think we need a breaking news post to take a poll asking that question.
(Please don't, I am being sarcastic).
To: Lead Moderator
You're also being very funny!!!!!!
I don't envy you guys and girls your jobs!!!
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:54:26 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in your business - SWAT'EM)
To: green iguana; dighton; William McKinley
Bats are usually found living in colonies:
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:54:56 AM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry.)
To: Skooz
We just bought the bat house and put it up in a tree. Believe me, if there's a food source, the bats will find the home you provided.
I hate skeeters with a passion, so anything that eats them is fine with me.
L
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:54:56 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Don't bite the hand that meads you.)
To: Coop
Darn! I thought it was a ZOT! :-(
To: Lead Moderator
I need advice on how to build a driveway. I'll just post the vanity requesting said advice in Breaking News. That way, more people will read it. Ok?
(Hey, if I ever get around to building it, it will be breaking news to my wife......)
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:57:18 AM PST
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: Lurker
I hate skeeters with a passion, so anything that eats them is fine with me. You and me both. but I didn't notice any bats around here last year. And mosquitos are practically the regional bird around here.
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:59:14 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in your business - SWAT'EM)
To: Coop
Whoa, awesome picture! Yes, of course he's cute. How can you resist that adorable smile on his tiny little face? (ducking and running)
Sort of reminds me of a gerbil with wings (c;
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:59:30 AM PST
by
Darnright
(The 6,875,029 Virginians who did NOT vote Kerry cannot be wrong!!!)
To: Lurker
Yeah, and they eat some unbelievable amount of mosquitoes, too. I can't remember how many per night, but the first time I read the number I thought it was a misprint.
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posted on
02/12/2004 9:59:59 AM PST
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: Coop
Natural habitat, Louisville.
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:00:52 AM PST
by
dighton
To: Diddle E. Squat; Coop
The platypus (also known as the duck-billed platypus) is my favorite critter. It is one of only three mammals to lay eggs, together with the echidna (also known as the spiny anteater) and the John F'n Kerry (also known as the French-looking Gary Hart).
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:06:39 AM PST
by
AuH2ORepublican
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
To: Skooz
One source credited the adult brown bat with eating about 500 mosquitoes per night.
Child's play compared to the adult purple martin, which can eradicate 2-3,000 of the suckers. [pun intended]
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:08:46 AM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry.)
To: Coop
One source credited the adult brown bat with eating about 500 mosquitoes per night. The number I read was closer to ten thousand or so.
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:20:44 AM PST
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: Skooz
You're right. I checked again, and it was 500 per hour. My mistake.
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:48:55 AM PST
by
Coop
("Hero" is the last four-letter word I'd use to describe John Kerry.)
To: Darksheare; Darkchylde
Pinging youse.
(but I'm not sure why...)
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posted on
02/12/2004 10:55:51 AM PST
by
null and void
(Yes on SB 1160 = No on your re-election)
To: Coop
If you follow
this link you will find some good bat stories.
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posted on
02/12/2004 11:03:03 AM PST
by
SLB
("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
To: Coop
THE LESSER LONG-NOSED BATThe lesser long-nosed bat is a leaf-nosed bat, yellowish-brown or gray with cinnamon brown below, and is one of four tropical bats found in the U.S. It ranges from as far south as Central America to Mexico to southern Arizona. It has a long muzzle and tongue, and is capable of hovering in midair-a feature that allows it to feed on nectar from the flowers of giant columnar cacti such as the saguaro (Cereus giganteus) and organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi), as well as from agaves, from which tequila is made.
Human exploitation of agaves-largely by the tequila industry-is now threatening bat populations, in turn causing further agave decline. The lesser long-nosed bat is also imperiled due to habitat disturbance and destruction as a result of development, agriculture, deforestation, and livestock grazing, as well as direct taking of individual bats during animal control programs, particularly in Mexico.
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posted on
02/12/2004 11:07:45 AM PST
by
68 grunt
(3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
To: null and void
It's jus' a harmless little bat.
Cool..
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posted on
02/12/2004 11:19:55 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Justin Timberlake exposed my tagline and now it feels used!)
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