Crazy Bat Lady
I still don't especially want bats in my home, but would you get a load of this little guy?
I think bats have gotten a bad rap in our culture. We have this idea that they're scary and they bite people and drink blood and spread disease.
Generally speaking, they don't. What they DO do is eat things that are scary and bite people and drink blood and spread disease, as I discovered last summer. So I'm not just being swayed by a cute little animal video that The Canadian posted on my Facebook feed.
But the cute little animal video helps, and it's a good thing because bats are in a lot of trouble. They're losing habitat-- hence they end up in my living room. But they don't want to be in my living room any more than I want them there. They're losing zoo space. They're getting exposed to pollution.
And there are still a lot of people out there who want to bash them with shovels because they are kind of scary looking. But in our defense, neither The Suz nor I ever killed one on purpose, because we're not the kind of people who go around killing any animals on purpose. Except mosquitoes.
But it looks like the little guy above is changing a lot of minds today. And if he can move someone like me from tolerance to enthusiasm, then perhaps this species has hope after all. The video has gone viral, and the batworld site has gotten so many hits today that the main page has crashed. But you can still make a donation, so I think I'm going to give them the money I had earmarked for this really hot pair of shoes.
They wouldn't have fit my giant ass feet anyway.
I still don't especially want bats in my home, but would you get a load of this little guy?
I think bats have gotten a bad rap in our culture. We have this idea that they're scary and they bite people and drink blood and spread disease.
Generally speaking, they don't. What they DO do is eat things that are scary and bite people and drink blood and spread disease, as I discovered last summer. So I'm not just being swayed by a cute little animal video that The Canadian posted on my Facebook feed.
But the cute little animal video helps, and it's a good thing because bats are in a lot of trouble. They're losing habitat-- hence they end up in my living room. But they don't want to be in my living room any more than I want them there. They're losing zoo space. They're getting exposed to pollution.
And there are still a lot of people out there who want to bash them with shovels because they are kind of scary looking. But in our defense, neither The Suz nor I ever killed one on purpose, because we're not the kind of people who go around killing any animals on purpose. Except mosquitoes.
But it looks like the little guy above is changing a lot of minds today. And if he can move someone like me from tolerance to enthusiasm, then perhaps this species has hope after all. The video has gone viral, and the batworld site has gotten so many hits today that the main page has crashed. But you can still make a donation, so I think I'm going to give them the money I had earmarked for this really hot pair of shoes.
They wouldn't have fit my giant ass feet anyway.
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