The Wonder of Bats
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Creatures Of The Night......
Contents at a Glance
Meet the Bats
Way too many myths!
Bats will not fly into your hair.They are not blind.
Bats are not flying rodents.
Now, with the myths out of the way, let's move on to what bats really are all about!
“Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they
never fly by twilight. Francis Bacon”
Books On Bats
Fruit Bat Hangs Upside down from a Tr...
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"Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made."
--John Berryman
Sweet Flying Foxes
Flying Around The Web
- The Flying Fox Conservation FUnd
- A wonderful site with brilliant photos and information.
- National Geographic
- News - Oct. 31, 2008: A deadly fungus is threatening fragile bat populations.
Bat Photography
Mankind's History With Bats
Close View of a Rare Rodrigues Fruit Bat
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Pliny the Elder [1st century CE] "The bat is the only flying creature that bears live young and feeds them with its milk; it also carries its children in its arms as it flies."
Isidore of Seville [7th century CE] The bat, unlike other birds, is a flying quadruped, resembling a mouse. It has its name from the time when it flies, after twilight. It flies about driven by precipitate motion, hangs from frgile branchs, and makes a sound like a squeak.
A Native Species, the Mus...
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The Bat Poet
The Bat-Poet
Amazon Price: $79.68 (as of 02/15/2012)
Invite A Few Bats To Your Yard
Delightful Stories For Children
Show Off Your Love For Bats!
Bats In YOUR Belfry?
Tell me about it.......
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Gandree
Sep 11, 2010 @ 9:12 am | delete
- The closest I have physically come to a bat is when one got inside our van and tried to spend the day hanging on the door. We gently helped it to an outside perch.
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WDBurns
Jul 24, 2010 @ 2:23 am | delete
- I work nights and walk down a long dark road to work, I get to watch the bats feeding most nights.
They have not been in my hair (they would be welcome) but they have been a wings tip away from my head!
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websaver
Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:19 am | delete
- Great lense, better than my bat lense, so you deserve a bookmark
Visit my bat social network site
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paperfacets
Oct 31, 2008 @ 8:06 pm | delete
- I love bats! I have never seen a picture of a bat I did not like. They all are intriguing.
I have not had much personal experience, but I would love to. I like your lens.
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TheWhistler
Oct 31, 2008 @ 12:41 am | delete
- Bats are very interesting creatures, and very much maligned.
Thanks for the lens.
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