Since we're all deciding what should be in Breaking News, I'd like to add the Critter of the Week. Our friends the bats have gotten a bad rap.
1 posted on
02/12/2004 9:29:54 AM PST by
Coop
To: Coop
I like bats. Mrs. L and I have put up a bat house in our back yard. They're hell on skeeters.
L
2 posted on
02/12/2004 9:31:00 AM PST by
Lurker
(Don't bite the hand that meads you.)
To: Coop
BTW, I just saved money on my car insurance...
3 posted on
02/12/2004 9:33:38 AM PST by
Diddle E. Squat
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: Coop
My guess would be that it isnt the Lesser Long Nosed bat.
Please put me on your critter ping list.
5 posted on
02/12/2004 9:34:37 AM PST by
EuroFrog
(Moving back to the USA tomorrow!!!)
To: Coop
Sorry. This CAN'T be breaking news, as it is neither a duplicate Drudge posting nor a whine about the removal of duplicate Drudge postings nor a thread about the whine threads nor a thread about a suggestion of what to do about either the whine threads, or the duplicate Drudge threads, or the heartbreak of psoriasis.
Sorry, LM
To: Coop
Bats are some of the coolest critters there are.
I agree with Lurker. they ARE h3ll on mosquitos and we have a bat-house, too!
Sending this article to our 4-H kids!
thanks!
;-)
7 posted on
02/12/2004 9:36:08 AM PST by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Coop
I wish my local paper had a Critter of the Week column.
But I guess if it did, the local Democrat politicians would get tired of being picked over and over again.
9 posted on
02/12/2004 9:38:16 AM PST by
Timesink
(Smacky is power.)
To: Coop
Not breaking news. EVERY week is Southwestern Myotis Week!
;-)
12 posted on
02/12/2004 9:41:05 AM PST by
dighton
To: Coop
This is the best story that's been in breaking news all day!!!
18 posted on
02/12/2004 9:46:36 AM PST by
Gabz
(Smoke gnatzies: small minds buzzing in your business - SWAT'EM)
To: Coop
Awww, I like bats. The Little Brown Bat, which is abundant in this part of Virginia, is a cute little beastie.
I remember the havoc the poor l'il mammals would create when they got in our house (usually through the chimbly). I have never laughed so hard as I did watching my father running pell mell on the heels (do bats have heels?) of a bat, wielding his trusty flyswatter.
To: Coop
Darn! I thought it was a ZOT! :-(
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.
39 posted on
02/12/2004 11:07:45 AM PST by
68 grunt
(3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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