Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Almost Halloween!

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   Rob in Memphis

   29 October 2012 at 9:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Yay, fruit bats! I’ve been fascinated by bats of all kinds ever since I was a little kid (and I’m in my mid-40s now).

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   desertfroglet

   29 October 2012 at 9:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Awwww….spectacled flying foxes. Look at those cheeky little faces. *composes self* Yes. Nice photo. Jolly good. Carry on.

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   Alethea H. "Crocoduck" Dundee

   29 October 2012 at 10:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I’m torn between “Teh CYoot!!” and “There’s good eatin’ on those thar critters.”

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   Glen Davidson

   29 October 2012 at 11:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Since they’re not vampire bats, let’s hope they’re at least rabid.

   Of course rabid fruit bats probably just savagely bite fruit, so even that might not be in the Halloween spirit.

   Glen Davidson

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   gallussapien

   30 October 2012 at 12:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   All Theria look alike to me.

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   chigau (棒や石)

   30 October 2012 at 12:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Christopher Moore knows about fruit bats.
   Especially the ones who talk.

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   Crudely Wrott

   30 October 2012 at 1:56 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   It would be so cool if these critters could pick up on the game of fetch.

   Just imagine throwing something like a shuttlecock or a paper airplane and having it returned by wing to your shoulder.

   If I ever get the opportunity, I’m a’gonna try.

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   chigau (棒や石)

   30 October 2012 at 2:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Crudely Wrott
   Falconry with mammals.
   I am so in.

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   Tigger_the_Wing

   30 October 2012 at 4:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Ditto!

   Bats!!!

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    cgilder

    30 October 2012 at 6:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Stellaluna!!

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    Gvlgeologist, FCD

    30 October 2012 at 9:53 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I know some readers are here in Florida, and if you’re near Gainesville, you might want to check out the Lubee Foundation (http://www.batconservancy.org/), which is a private group just north of the town. It’s not open to the public most of the time, but it has an open house around Halloween (was this past Saturday, unfortunately) where you can see many large and small bats. Seeing these 6′ wingspan bats flying around is a real treat!

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    Rawnaeris, FREEZE PEACHES

    30 October 2012 at 3:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I love flying foxes. Were it practical to keep one as a pet, I totally would.

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    Glen Davidson

    30 October 2012 at 10:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I never know which one is Eric.

    Glen Davidson