7/6/2004: Bats delay bridge demolition
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It's hard to see in the image until you look closely, but yes, those are bats. According to the full story, 200 free-tailed bats living under a bridge in western Georgia have stopped its demolition. They are waiting for the young ones to develop before knocking down their temporary home. |
Hmm, that's interesting. Maybe they were superstitious and afraid of the devil :biggrin:
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That picture hurts my eyes because I can't figure out the point of view. Are they wedged in between two hunks of concrete or what?
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So... what your telling us is that this picture is driving you batty?? *ducks for cover* |
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so how do they stop future bat-moms from getting pregnant and making the bridge their home?
Here's another bat-related construction halt. |
They have a fairly set season. A few months after that they'll wander in and let off a couple of hundred blanks to scare them all out, set up some ultrasonic devices to keep them away, set the explosives and problem solved.
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Any accomodation for a mega mosquito-eater.
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"to the bat cave, Robin.......er.....the bat bridge!"
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Hmm, dont bats like to hang vertically? I too can't figure out if the pic has been shot from a horizontal or vertical (looking down) point of view. Cute bats though! |
Umm... why do they think it is a "temporary home" for the bats? is it cause its gonna get obliterated soon? It seems that if the bats are living under a bridge, they got no where else to live and thus that IS their home.
Not to be a lefty enviromentalist or anything, but i hate to see cute lil animals suffer. |
I agree Bullit, I doubt the bridge will fall and the bats will be able to say " oh well, the bridge is gone, lets just go live in the dark bushy cave in the mountain around the corner. "
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