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This is Mork (with me).
Guess who my favorite bat is?
We really loved the bats
(and our Lubee experience).
Although it might look like they love us, it is mostly
curiosity. In this photo Mork is really smelling the lip
gloss I am wearing.
Malayan flying fox
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Most of the time it was hard to tell if we were more
interested in the bats or if they were more interested in
us.
These are amazingly intelligent creatures, learning what
they could about us.
Remember that they are closely related to primates.
More Malayans, an Indian flying fox and the ever curious
Rodrigues fruit bat trying to see if Anita has something
good in her pocket. |
| I think we had them eating
out of our hands - of course they had us eating out of their
hands too. |
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No, I did not use hair spray today... |
| ....yes I'm sure I did not
use hair spray. |
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Will you please step back and pose for a picture?? |
| Okay, if you insist, you
may take a picture too, just don't eat the camera! |
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What do you mean, I have lice! |
This is the very rare, seldom seen, Floridian wingless,
long-legged, ring-tailed bat.
Just joking - this is John Seyjagat with the resident
Lemur he raised from a tiny baby.
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During the workshop, we made a very interesting field trip.
This is the bat house on the grounds of the University
of Florida, Gainesville. It was built to give bats a place
to roost other than the stadiums that they had selected.
It is across the street from a lake so there are PLENTY
of mosquitoes and other bugs.
Every night many "locals" and visitors come to
watch the emergence.
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