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Bats - love or loathe them?

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  • 12-10-2014 2:05am
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    JupiterKid
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    Well do AHers know that much about bats?

    I was at a book launch this evening on bats and it seems that there are many common misconceptions about bats. First of all, bats in Ireland primarily eat insects, not human blood. They are also more likely to be found roosting in trees, under bridges or in derelict buildings than in caves.

    The new book is fascinating and has certainly educated me about bats.

    So do you love or loathe - or know anything much about bats?


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    Bat man, begins :eek:


    You seem to know a lot about this bat book for a recent bat convert, what's your affiliation with bats?


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    Sir Arthur Daley
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    Bats love the bog.


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Check out 'Batsphincterlove.'


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    The Hill Billy
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    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Bat man, begins :eek:

    Tar, you are a bit of a Joker I think.


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    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    The Hill Billy wrote: »
    Tar, you are a bit of a Joker I think.

    Never knew horatio Caine was on boards.


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    JupiterKid
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    Oh, I've no affiliation with bats at all.:o

    Just an interest in wildlife and science/nature generally and the lure of free grub at the book launch was too hard to resist.

    But the new book has certainly opened my eyes about bats.


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    Lalealynn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 272 ✭✭Lalealynn


    Don't know a lot about being bats more about being batty.


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    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Fruit bats in Africa are believed to be partially responsible for spreading ebola.

    So they can fuck right off as far as I'm concerned, the blind bastards.


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    Lalealynn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 272 ✭✭Lalealynn


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Check out 'Batsphincterlove.'


    Googled it .........nothing.


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    Karl Stein
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    A common Attic Bat has three rows of teeth, is half-bird half-rat, and can eat up to four kilos of Moths every night.


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    crockholm
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    The Barn Owl needs protection in Ireland,beautiful creature.


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    crockholm
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    crockholm wrote: »
    The Barn Owl needs protection in Ireland,beautiful creature.

    Of course,if you had bothered to look at the animal affected you might have noticed that bats are not owls, you dopey retarted bastard:mad:


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    fleet_admiral
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    I love them, sadly they are very misunderstood


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    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    Lalealynn wrote: »
    Googled it .........nothing.

    The world is a better place then.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Baby bats are real cuties, we'd one with a damaged wing in the boilerhouse once. Couldn't catch the guy to bring him to a vets, he'd flop away off balance if you got near to him. Furry head on him.

    It took three days for him to die. Probably should have killed the poor thing to put it out of it's misery although that's easier said than done obviously. I wouldn't have it in me to end a bats life no matter what the circumstance


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    Lalealynn
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Baby bats are real cuties, we'd one with a damaged wing in the boilerhouse once. Couldn't catch the guy to bring him to a vets, he'd flop away off balance if you got near to him. Furry head on him.

    It took three days for him to die. Probably should have killed the poor thing to put it out of it's misery although that's easier said than done obviously. I wouldn't have it in me to end a bats life no matter what the circumstance
    :(


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    Lalealynn
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    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    The world is a better place then.
    Oooh I dunno though....whose to say....yeah you're probly right :)


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    csallmighty
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    My bats breath smells like batfood


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    The Backwards Man
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    Bats are grand as long as they know their place. When you're having to run round the house after one when you're half cut and wrecked, they are loathsome.


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    Raminahobbin
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    BATS ARE THE SHIT!

    Adorable little heads on them.


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    FunLover18
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    Am I the only one shocked that the OP referred to bats drinking human blood as a "common misconception"? Do people really think bats drink blood?


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    Raminahobbin
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Am I the only one shocked that the OP referred to bats drinking human blood as a "common misconception"? Do people really think bats drink blood?

    People are idiots, it wouldn't surprise me.


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    Lalealynn
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Am I the only one shocked that the OP referred to bats drinking human blood as a "common misconception"? Do people really think bats drink blood?
    No of course not but we like pretending :)


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    Menas
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    I hate them.

    When I lived in Canada I woke one night to a bat flying to and fro in my bedroom. Freaked me out....still have nightmares about it.


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    Adyx
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Am I the only one shocked that the OP referred to bats drinking human blood as a "common misconception"? Do people really think bats drink blood?
    Raminahobbin wrote: »
    People are idiots, it wouldn't surprise me.
    Lalealynn wrote: »
    No of course not but we like pretending :)
    There's a type of bat found in South America that does feed on blood.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Lapin wrote: »
    Fruit bats in Africa are believed to be partially responsible for spreading ebola.

    So they can fuck right off as far as I'm concerned, the blind bastards.

    I think you will find its the people who eat the bats that are partially responsible.


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    #28
    looksee
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    Wouldn't have thought there was much meat on a bat!


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    #29
    [Deleted User]
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    looksee wrote: »
    Wouldn't have thought there was much meat on a bat!

    I know, over there it must be like a pork chop though!


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    #30
    Connemara Farmer
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    They eat midges, therefore I'm all for them.


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    Remmy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    love em.


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