there's a bat here in the office

[MissMillie]

it's hanging from one of the ceiling lights around the corner. I think he found his way in through the belfry construction/repair (so yes, we have bats in our belfry).


LynneSin, where's your bat-slaying feline?

[PeaceNikki]

1. Sounds like a valid reason to go home.

I KNOW they are good and eat bugs and stuff... but :shudder:

[MissMillie]

2. the exterminator has been called

in the meantime, the critter isn't bothering anyone. (I think it might be asleep)

[skygazer]

3. I really like bats

They're very interesting creatures and not in the least threatening. I've never understood the irrational fear of bats and mice.

[PeaceNikki]

4. They ARE amazing - behind glass or from a good distance.

But stuff flying around or potentially flying around erraticlly freaks me the FUCK out!!

Yes, this includes birds.

[MissMillie]

5. I'm not afraid

unless it gets afraid and dive-bombs my head

[MissMillie]

6. UPDATE: they got him

he's being released outside as we speak.

[skygazer]

7. Glad they didn't kill it

Fly free, little bat! :hi:

[jobycom]

8. Ahhh! How cute!

I love bats. Glad he was freed safely.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. What do you expect? This is bat country...

[DarkTirade]

10. What did the poor little critter ever do to you? :\

For some reason I kept finding interesting critters in the little niche where my friends and I used to sit and wait for classes to start in middle school. Unfortunately, EVERY time I found something interesting, that day every single one of my friends' buses happened to be late, so I was the only one that saw them. One time I sat next to a black widow for about 10 minutes before I noticed it right there. I'm just glad I noticed her before she noticed me. And that there was a stick nearby that I could preemtively attack with. Another time I found a bat, clinging to the bricks trying to sleep. It was actually rather cute, like a small mouse with wings. Smelled like guano, of course. :P But cute.

[MissMillie]

11. nothing

and nothing has been done to him except he's outside where he belongs.

[DarkTirade]

12. I suppose I tend to think things like that are cuter than most people do... :)

which is probably why I've owned four pets in my life, and nary a single one was a mammal. :)

[TZ]

13. I'm glad they didn't hurt the bat...

I worked for/studied with a zoology professor in college who was called "the batman" for all his work on bat behavior. Not sure I would have liked going along on one of his field studies of VAMPIRE bats though....:hide:

[LynneSin]

14. Want to borrow Evita - she deals with Bat problems

[MissMillie]

15. In fact my OP specifically asks you where your bat-slaying cat is

:hi:

[LynneSin]

16. Yes it did - you caught me - I never read the contents of posts

:hide:

[MissMillie]

17. behavior I would expect to find in GD....

:spank:

but we'll keep you anyway.