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Allan

Allan Report 8 Jul 2018 13:02

:-D :-D :-D

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 8 Jul 2018 13:05

Must go and get on in the garden now as it doesn't do it self thoust knows. ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 8 Jul 2018 13:11

I say, must go and.....................................

Caroline

Caroline Report 8 Jul 2018 13:46

I don't know you lot..... :-D :-D

David

David Report 8 Jul 2018 13:48


Count Dracula's really given bats a bad press.

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Jul 2018 13:53

Only the ones that become human beings, David!!
Unfortunately bats CAN carry a form of rabies, and, as they have little contact with humans, are likely to bite :-S

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Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Allan

Allan Report 8 Jul 2018 14:07

All joking to one side, rabid bats in Queensland are a problem;

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/qld-bat-diseases-virtually-a-death-sentence-expert-20090903-f9zw.html

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Jul 2018 14:12

Similar situation here. Allan.
Also, As from June, 2018, people who work with bats, now have to pay for their rabies vaccination.

http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/-bats_and_rabies-1099.html

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David

David Report 8 Jul 2018 14:40


I "thought" A) that UK was rabies free and B) our bats ate fruit.

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Jul 2018 16:20

The UK is rabies free - in that it's a different sort of rabies! :-D

All native UK bats eat insects - hence the teeth!
The smallest, and most common bat, the pipistrelle can eat over 3000 insects in a night. :-S

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David

David Report 8 Jul 2018 17:59


LOL does David Attenborough count them :-D :-D :-D

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Jul 2018 18:04

No idea :-D

Figures are from the Bat Conservation site. :-D :-D

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Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

David

David Report 8 Jul 2018 18:26


Sorry Maggie

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Jul 2018 18:33

No meed to be sorry David :-D
I have visions of members of the Bat Conservation counting them :-S

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Denburybob

Denburybob Report 8 Jul 2018 21:54

Never mind counting the bats, who counted the "3,000 insects"?

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Jul 2018 22:04

Weeellll, someone with few friends, and a lot of time on their hands? :-D

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Allan

Allan Report 8 Jul 2018 22:17

It's about time that the insects set up protest groups about the decimation of the species.

many years ago I did have a free Rabies vaccination as I was doing Port Health duties in Grimsby. This involved visiting all foreign ships visiting the Port. All animals on board vessels had to be contained and not allowed on deck, but we could encounter them during our inspections.

I can't remember whether it was a course of one, or two, jabs but then you had a blood test to see whether the vaccine had 'taken' :-D :-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 8 Jul 2018 22:44

Nobody needs to know this and I don't know why I am even telling anybody but medieval ships captains were obliged to upon pain of a heavy fine to carry a cat on board to deal with vermin.

There, now I have told you, whatever would you have done without that bit of valuable knowledge?

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Jul 2018 22:57

I did know that :-D
Good old cats <3

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Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

grannyfranny

grannyfranny Report 10 Jul 2018 14:31

We had a bat came in through the bedroom window one night, it flew round and round the room. I read somewhere that due to their navigate by radar, the best thing to do is to open the window and let the bat fly out. So we did, it made another 3 circuits of the room, then shot out, thank goodness!

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