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"Unbearable" stench after 5,000 bats suddenly drop dead
Sunday World ^
| 11-20-14
| Daily World
Posted on 11/19/2014 9:03:34 PM PST by smokingfrog
Residents in the sleepy neighbourhood of Casino, New South Wales, were left shocked when the nocturnal creatures began dropping dead and falling from trees.
The deaths are said to have been caused by a 44 degree heat wave sweeping over the town and over 5,000 carcasses created an "unbearable" stench, sparking a public health warning.
Council manager John Walker told the Australia Telegraph newspaper: "People should avoid the area and not try to help living bats themselves as they could bite and scratch and some carry the lyssavirus.
(Excerpt) Read more at sundayworld.com ...
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bats; weird
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To: Kozak
No kidding. Free bush meat.
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posted on
11/20/2014 12:30:31 AM PST
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Pelham
(Refusing to deport illegal foreign nationals equals amnesty)
To: stormhill
Its probably due to White nose syndrome(a fungus infection) that is decimating bat population in America picture of a infected bat
To: Kozak
Wow! How can we make that happen to liberals?
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11/20/2014 3:13:07 AM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: tumblindice
Don’t you mean the Chixie Dicks?
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posted on
11/20/2014 3:29:01 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
To: Kozak
Wasn’t it determined that bats carried the Ebola virus?
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11/20/2014 4:00:34 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: smokingfrog
To be followed by BUGS, lots of bugs that aren’t being eaten by the dead bats.
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posted on
11/20/2014 5:23:11 AM PST
by
Mister Da
(The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
To: stormhill
You’d think that would be the first thing they would come up with. Of course, they’re not as cute looking as baby polar bears.
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posted on
11/20/2014 5:30:34 AM PST
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Vendome
Natalie was such a fat, unpatriotic, pig....Dixie Chunk
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posted on
11/20/2014 6:49:11 AM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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