Bats cover just about every niche; meat eaters, fruit eaters, blood drinking, and nectar. I had a mammology professor who caught bats by string a fishing line across ponds; about 2-3" above the water. The bats would fly down to get a drink and hit the line and tumble into the water, where he would net them up. I asked why their sonar doesn’t pick it up. He theorized that the pond has always been clear and they just assume it is always the same; not paying close attention. He equated it to a human walking through a doorway that they have walked through hundreds of times, but one day someone stings a line at ankle level.
Kiba65 over 4 years ago
Finally fits screen, FAR SIDE ad is gone!!I read almost all when it was first published..
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
I think Andrew Zoimmern didn’t film him eating that Cambodian concoction in his Travel Channel “Bizarre Foods” Cambodian episode.
Bilan over 4 years ago
Does that mean the phrase “mind your own beeswax” really means “don’t eat my food”?
J Short over 4 years ago
Bats cover just about every niche; meat eaters, fruit eaters, blood drinking, and nectar. I had a mammology professor who caught bats by string a fishing line across ponds; about 2-3" above the water. The bats would fly down to get a drink and hit the line and tumble into the water, where he would net them up. I asked why their sonar doesn’t pick it up. He theorized that the pond has always been clear and they just assume it is always the same; not paying close attention. He equated it to a human walking through a doorway that they have walked through hundreds of times, but one day someone stings a line at ankle level.
joeatwork212 over 4 years ago
Do the fish become vampires?
comixbomix over 4 years ago
So…If a bear makes a stink in the woods, and the Pope has Congenital Anosm…oh, never mind.
honeypot53 Premium Member over 4 years ago
No wonder the poor bees are endangered!
WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago
OK, well, now I’ll never be able to eat Honeycomb cereal again!
Jogger2 over 4 years ago
I don’t imagine beeswax has any nutritional value. So, the nutrients from eating honeycomb would come from the bee larvae.
Ricky Bennett over 4 years ago
Hey, congenital anosmia is nothing to sniff at…
Nick Danger over 4 years ago
If bees are endangered, that’s really dumb no matter how cultural it is
bookworm0812 over 4 years ago
Eew, gross! I’ve had honeycomb on toast, but not with the larvae in it!
craigwestlake over 4 years ago
They only fear an anti-batcraft Archer Fish…