100,000 dead bats fall from the sky in Australia
A heat wave in the state of Queensland that has temperatures rising above 109 degrees Fahrenheit caused nearly 100,000 bats to just fall from the sky and forced some unfortunate reporter to write the following sentence:
"About 100,000 bats have fallen from the sky and died during a heatwave in Australia that has left the trees and earth littered with dead creatures."
Oh, and also this one:
"The stench from the rotting carcasses has begun to disturb residents of Brisbane and large towns. Authorities have dispatched rubbish collectors to pick up thousands of carcasses from populated areas."
Watch your head out there! Also: Do not eat.
Yeah. The bats have been having a rough go of it for the past few years, which isn't good for us either. Poor guys.
ReplyDeleteA friend just posted some pretty cool bat pictures.
The aforementioned friend also went to college in your hometown, and was one of the people I visited last time I was there, when I believe I missed you by just a few days.
DeleteWow, your friend takes great pictures!
Delete"Forget ligers, tigrons and grolar bears (oh my). Plenty of jaw-dropping hybrids can be had at the farm, where cross-species hybrids are more common than you might think."
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, with regard to that first picture, I've been working just outside Wainwright for the last little while... but that's about to draw to a close.
Hi.
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