7/6/2004: Bats delay bridge demolition

Undertoad · 07-06-2004, 11:48 AM

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.

irma · 07-06-2004, 03:47 PM

Hmm, that's interesting. Maybe they were superstitious and afraid of the devil

dar512 · 07-06-2004, 04:29 PM

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?

CDNRascal · 07-06-2004, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

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?

So... what your telling us is that this picture is driving you batty??

*ducks for cover*

xoxoxoBruce · 07-06-2004, 05:26 PM

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Biologists confirmed that some were pregnant, and the state and the contractor agreed to postpone the work until mid-August.

I don't want to know how they determined that. Oh hell, yes I do.

acinerba · 07-07-2004, 12:21 PM

so how do they stop future bat-moms from getting pregnant and making the bridge their home?

Here's another bat-related construction halt.

jaguar · 07-07-2004, 12:38 PM

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.

Karenv · 07-07-2004, 04:12 PM

Any accomodation for a mega mosquito-eater.

lumberjim · 07-07-2004, 05:03 PM

"to the bat cave, Robin.......er.....the bat bridge!"

jojomonkeygirl · 07-07-2004, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

"to the bat cave, Robin.......er.....the bat bridge!"

How corny was that?

Sun_Sparkz · 07-07-2004, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

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?

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!

Bullitt · 07-07-2004, 11:35 PM

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.

Sun_Sparkz · 07-07-2004, 11:41 PM

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. "

07-06-2004, 11:48 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/6/2004: Bats delay bridge demolition 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.

07-07-2004, 12:38 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	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. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-07-2004, 05:03 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	"to the bat cave, Robin.......er.....the bat bridge!" __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

07-07-2004, 11:35 PM	#12
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	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. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

07-07-2004, 11:41 PM	#13
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	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. " __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

07-06-2004, 03:47 PM	#2
irma Lead Subordinate Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 15	Hmm, that's interesting. Maybe they were superstitious and afraid of the devil

07-06-2004, 04:29 PM	#3
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	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?

07-07-2004, 12:21 PM	#6
acinerba Recruit or Something Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California, USA Posts: 4	so how do they stop future bat-moms from getting pregnant and making the bridge their home? Here's another bat-related construction halt.

07-07-2004, 04:12 PM	#8
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	Any accomodation for a mega mosquito-eater.

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