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Showing posts with label Bats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bats. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
This is absolutely adorable
A certain little Miss is feeling much better this afternoon and is now enjoying a little flap after her bottle.No more syringe feeding and we have graduated to a bottle and teat.If she keeps going at this rate, I'm going to have to give her a name and soon! Happy, flappy bat dancing today and fingers crossed that her slow but steady improvement continues. <3
Posted by Batzilla the Bat on Monday, January 19, 2015
Sadly, from reading the page, Miss Charlotte died at 5 weeks old after her liver became enlarged and uric acid deposits built up in her body. They had found her in a gutter, nursed her with goat's milk in syringes, and cared for her so well. I had no idea there were bat rescues out there. (Well, there are rescues for many types of animals, so I shouldn't be surprised.) But it really pulled at my heartstrings. This is for YKWIA, who loves bats of all kinds. If for some reason the video doesn't work, here's the link to the page, Batzilla the Bat, which has many pictures and videos of Miss Charlotte, and this particular video can be viewed publicly, without an account, on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=603392009794134. I'm not sure, I think she was a black flying fox.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Bats! Bats!
One of my most precious memories related to bus stops involves a group of young men waiting at one, practicing rapping (they were actually pretty good, although I could have done without so much profanity), when a bat came flying out of nowhere and they scattered, crying 'Bat! Bat!' Eventually they regrouped and wouldn't you know it, the bat came flying at them again. Again they scattered. This went on a couple of more times until the bat became bored and flew away. They were terrified of the bat (too much television I guess, and not enough documentaries in the mix). I just stood where I was and was pleasantly amused.
Imagine if they'd been at Carlsbad Caverns when 500,000 bats emerged. It was captured on thermal video and uploaded onto YouTube by The Scientist: Magazine of the Life Sciences.
Imagine if they'd been at Carlsbad Caverns when 500,000 bats emerged. It was captured on thermal video and uploaded onto YouTube by The Scientist: Magazine of the Life Sciences.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Poor thing
Although I think it unfortunate that the little bat that clung to the external fuel tank during the space shuttle launch the other day most likely died as the shuttle ascended, you have to admire its tenacity--it looks like it held on for dear life for the entire ride.
Bat's fate after shuttle launch appears grim: Small bat spotted clinging to the back side of Discovery's external fuel tank
Bat Hung onto Shuttle During Liftoff
(Picture courtesy of NASA)
Monday, August 11, 2008
Back home at last
I left a note for my boss at the gas station that I'm on foot/bus, so I can't get from job #1 to job #2 in the fifteen minutes it normally takes, therefore she should schedule me at 4 pm or later. I got some quarters and money for the bus pass. Then I headed over to GB Shoe Warehouse, where I found of all things a pair of black New Balance shoes on 75% off sale, meaning what was $72 originally was now $18, and the only pair happened to be in my size. Woo-hoo!
After that, I met a very helpful woman on the way into the transit centre who told me of her various ailments due to bus accidents but also ins and outs of bus riding, which was useful as I'm out or practice.
I got my bus pass and brochure, made it to my destination without incident, did various things like reading the second Necroscope book with a friend (we're doing a chapter at a time), then headed back. I did go to the wrong stop, but a helpful bus drive informed me of it and the bus I did need came a few minutes after, so I didn't miss the right one.
Whilst I was waiting, five youths came up and waited as well, working on rap songs they'd heard. They weren't bad, as rap goes, meaning they had good rhythm and cadence. It did stray into some vulgarity concerning how a woman cannot shake her backside with a man's member inside, but I chose to ignore them. But the amusing thing is that they kept getting attacked by a bat. I saw it fly in when they were across the street. Suddenly one cried, 'Bat! Bat!' and they scattered. Then they came over and waited with me. Once we went back to the other side of the street to wait for the inbound bus, the bat returned. I never moved, but they panicked. It was a little amusing. Later, when I called YKWIA to let him know I was home safely, he said I should have said in a low, creepy voice 'The bats are my friends.' :)
There was a man on the bus with a beer belly who was wearing a shirt five sizes too small for him. Why do people do that?
Anyway, it was somewhat of an adventure. I got various things from my car during my visit, including my work badge for the hospital, work shirt for the gas station, and umbrella for rain. I happened to have a backpack in the car (for the gym, with my swimsuit and workout clothes), so I put some books in there and everything else I could fit. It's good to have that off my shoulders.
Okay, I need to do notes and then head on to bed. I have to get up tomorrow since I need to go downtown and then transfer to the Nicholasville Road bus to get to my consortium meeting. It takes awhile to get anywhere with our bus system. They run every 30 minutes during peak times and every hour otherwise. It occurs to me that I haven't the faintest idea where at Central Baptist this is happening, and there are several buildings. I plan to go to the medical library there and hope there's someone with directions.
Here's a LexTran commercial for beating gas prices:
After that, I met a very helpful woman on the way into the transit centre who told me of her various ailments due to bus accidents but also ins and outs of bus riding, which was useful as I'm out or practice.
I got my bus pass and brochure, made it to my destination without incident, did various things like reading the second Necroscope book with a friend (we're doing a chapter at a time), then headed back. I did go to the wrong stop, but a helpful bus drive informed me of it and the bus I did need came a few minutes after, so I didn't miss the right one.
Whilst I was waiting, five youths came up and waited as well, working on rap songs they'd heard. They weren't bad, as rap goes, meaning they had good rhythm and cadence. It did stray into some vulgarity concerning how a woman cannot shake her backside with a man's member inside, but I chose to ignore them. But the amusing thing is that they kept getting attacked by a bat. I saw it fly in when they were across the street. Suddenly one cried, 'Bat! Bat!' and they scattered. Then they came over and waited with me. Once we went back to the other side of the street to wait for the inbound bus, the bat returned. I never moved, but they panicked. It was a little amusing. Later, when I called YKWIA to let him know I was home safely, he said I should have said in a low, creepy voice 'The bats are my friends.' :)
There was a man on the bus with a beer belly who was wearing a shirt five sizes too small for him. Why do people do that?
Anyway, it was somewhat of an adventure. I got various things from my car during my visit, including my work badge for the hospital, work shirt for the gas station, and umbrella for rain. I happened to have a backpack in the car (for the gym, with my swimsuit and workout clothes), so I put some books in there and everything else I could fit. It's good to have that off my shoulders.
Okay, I need to do notes and then head on to bed. I have to get up tomorrow since I need to go downtown and then transfer to the Nicholasville Road bus to get to my consortium meeting. It takes awhile to get anywhere with our bus system. They run every 30 minutes during peak times and every hour otherwise. It occurs to me that I haven't the faintest idea where at Central Baptist this is happening, and there are several buildings. I plan to go to the medical library there and hope there's someone with directions.
Here's a LexTran commercial for beating gas prices:
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