September 23, 2012
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Bats!….Bats!….Bats! and more Bats!!!!!
There are thousands of bats, but no one bats a thousand……Charlie
Around this incredible guano ball we call earth, are about 1,240 species of a mammal belonging to the Chiroptera order. This creature is the mysterious bat! Bats account for nearly 25% of all identified mammals world wide. Most bats are insectivores, nearly 75%. Then there’s 14% which are fruit eaters, 5% aquatic feeders, 4% parasitic blood suckers and the final 2% represent the rare Transylvanian neck biters.
Below, I have listed one type from several different species. Beautiful in their creation and strange and most bewildering in their uniqueness.
Virginia Big Eared Bat
Tube Nose Fruit Bat
Brown Bat
Jamaican Bat (blood sucker)
Tomb Bat
Left Wing Ding Bat (blood sucker)
Beloved friends, let me state for the record, that I rarely post anything of a political nature as it’s like shaking the fruit trees around here and no telling what will fall out. Please accept the humor of this post…..or maybe just double up on the Xanax and Valium.
Charlie
Comments (21)
Hahaha — didn’t see that one coming! And I was going to reply with a story about the Mexican Split Tailed Bats that inhabit the Congress Street Bridge in Austin, TX!
Now I know where George Lucas got the prototype for Yoda! No, not Ms. Pelosi. :}
@slmret - Are those conservative bats??
@RighteousBruin - You are so right! It’s close for sure……; }
What strange looking and wonderful creatures they are… except for that last one: she looks strange, but wonderful I don’t know about.
Probably about 47%! Just Texan bats!
@Ampbreia - The last one bites.
Love it. LMAO!!
~smiles~ I didn’t expect that! Nice one, old friend!
HAHAHAHA, that was a funny punchline.
good morning! i was reading your post while drinking my coffee this morning and almost spit it out on my keyboard! totally unexpected & i loved it! you hit that one right on the head. btw, a couple of weeks ago i touched a bat on the belly accidentaly (don’t ask) very necessary creatures, but a bit creepy. thanks!–karen
Like the bats, not so much the ding bat ! =)
We have Little Brown Bats here. They are so cute !
Scary little creature!
@Grannys_Place - Then my job is done here……
@JadeMaster2 - Much thankness JM.
@olwd - Thank you…..; }
@lifeontheWink - They eat tons of mosquitoes.
Lol, Ding Bats…. so that’s what has been sneaking round about my belfrey!
@tkperito - TAKE COVER!!
Excellent post. Thanks.
I once captured a bat in the recovery room of my hospital. “Was it looking for the blood bank?” asked every nurse and doctor with a sense of humour.
@gnostic1 - Ouch!