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    Yes, they were only after big fruit bats, hence the large mesh. One place I was in PNG our recreation room only had walls up to waist height and to keep the number of insects inside down at night, the lights were under the wide eaves. As a result, quite often we had tiny little insect eating bats flew right across the room just above head height, obviously delighted at the cornucopia that we had provided for them!

    A bit alarming at first, but you soon got used to it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    So Ian,you asked....

    Apologies its side on,bloody phone pics.

    Anyway,i am sure they fly around the whole suburb,then either aim for one of our glass sliding doors,windows,or a car parked in our driveway

    You don't want fruit bat **** on acrylic car paint. A bit like dollar spot on a golf green.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    .....e had to be very careful as even the tiny little bats had a good set of sharp teeth.
    Found a tiny little bat in our water tank when I was about 10. Fished it out. The ungrateful little sunk it teeth in. I got a heavy duty fever about two hours later.

    Rabies is not an issue in Central Vic but as a 10 year old it seem feasible. Trip to Dunolly hospital sorted out my tonsillitis. Doctor was amused I brought the bat for a check up. Nurses were not

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    Bats get agitated if they can't grip with their feet, thumbs and teeth, so the bat wasn't attacking you, it just wanted to hang on to feel safe. That's why carers wrap up bats and give them dummies to bite.

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    My little bat was happy once put in the rafters of the hay stack with a branch of a gum tree to give it some cover and right sized branches to hang off.
    I see 100s of Fruit bats here every evening and several Micro bats helpfully removing mozzies just out side my house in eastern Melbourne.


    Trivia: Micro-bats. Approximately 70% of bats are micro-bats. Micro-bats are characterized by their small size, use of echolocation for navigation, ability to hibernate in cold temperatures and their diets largely consists of insects but can include small mammals, frogs, fish and occasionally fruit, pollen and nectar. Link

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    My BIL has a colony of micro bats living in his four vehicle carport garage. They do a great job keeping the insects down. Cute too.
    People should get over the vampire bat rubbish and admire bats for their way of life.

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    This little fella was enjoying our lounge room fire.
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    Probably taking care of your mosquitoes too.
    Don't try to catch him - they panic. Just give him chances to fly out by himself.

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    Watching Wimbledon and just saw Novak Djokovic arrive in a black Discovery 5, ahead of several other black D5s queued at the entrance, so D5s must be the player transport vehicles. Good marketing.

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    I can report that it's not a good idea to try to eat pancakes with honey and drink coffee in bed while reading AULRO on your phone. Can become a sticky situation!

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