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Old 06-09-2013, 14:11
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Very cute
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Old 06-09-2013, 14:27
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I wouldn't want to sit down and have my lunch with a screaming bat right across from me.But that's not likely to happen because bats are smart enough to avoid things like cave walls,and humans. I love watching bats on nature programs,they are truly amazing.

Although between them they can build a pile of crap as tall as a small building!

If it came to a choice of going out for a drink with a horseshoe nose bat or Olly Murs,the bat would win hands down.It can sing just as well,and it's a lot less embarrassing to be seen with in public.
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Old 06-09-2013, 15:50
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I'm a bats fan

I think they're very beautiful - the way they move is so graceful and fascinating and they're so beautifully black. Close up many of them look cuddly too.
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Old 06-09-2013, 16:43
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Old 06-09-2013, 17:23
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Look at this one!

http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/b...ges/tadweb.jpg



Oh my god and this:

http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/b...lliscusweb.jpg

Both from China apparently. Nightmarish creatures.
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Old 06-09-2013, 17:52
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If we had avatars on here, I would so wind you up by using one of them pics.
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Old 06-09-2013, 17:54
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they are my most favourite mammal, I watch them at dusk flitting around, just super creatures
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Old 06-09-2013, 18:02
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If we had avatars on here, I would so wind you up by using one of them pics.
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Old 06-09-2013, 18:27
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Nightmarish creatures.
Ah, but that's because you see them with visible light; all that fleshy gubbins is there so they can see with sound.

Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.
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Old 06-09-2013, 18:29
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Old 06-09-2013, 19:10
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Eurgh, my face has gone all fuzzy (like when you eat strong cheddar).
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Old 06-09-2013, 19:13
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love them always fancied trying to become like a bat fosterer or something
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Old 06-09-2013, 19:40
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Bats are wonderful creatures, go about their business not really bothering anyone, amazing to watch at dusk, i get loads where i am, and did you know they ALWAYS turn right when exiting a cave or barn.
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Old 06-09-2013, 19:43
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Love them. Fascinating wee creatures. Once found one and put it in my pocket and took it to science teacher. It was dead. He told me they are ridden with fleas!
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Old 06-09-2013, 20:02
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We have bats living in our soffits - they have got in through miniscule gaps. At dusk you can see them flying out into the garden, and when they come back they flatten themselves to crawl up the brick and get back in. In the recent hot weather, my son had his bedroom window wide open and a bat flew in. It took an exhausting half an hour to capture - boy were we relieved it was out of the house !
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Old 06-09-2013, 20:08
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No, they're sweet! I love watching them flitting around. A friend of mine in Australia works with wildlife rescue and was raising an orphaned fruit bat that he called Ding. She used to hang off the clothes horse and curtain pole.

D'awwwww

Beautiful!

Those pics are just gorgeous. I don't have a problem with them at all.
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Old 06-09-2013, 20:11
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We have bats living in our soffits - they have got in through miniscule gaps. At dusk you can see them flying out into the garden, and when they come back they flatten themselves to crawl up the brick and get back in. In the recent hot weather, my son had his bedroom window wide open and a bat flew in. It took an exhausting half an hour to capture - boy were we relieved it was out of the house !
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Old 06-09-2013, 23:38
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Nah, they don't bother me much either way. If I had to choose, I'd probably say I quite liked them.
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Old 06-09-2013, 23:40
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I have 14 in an old bedroom

Here is one

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ar...2/ppuser/34061
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Old 08-09-2013, 00:59
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If we had avatars on here, I would so wind you up by using one of them pics.
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