Piteous Poliocephalus

gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
edited September 19, 2005 in Wildlife
We have them in the millions here.

Flying fox or fruit bat is its common name. They hang about in the mangroves sleeping & squabbling during the day & at night...fly over & crap on your car to make sure every car in the city looks like it was attacked with stripper. There is no escape.

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Hard to get in flight as they climb to the top of the tree to launch.

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SHHHHH !!

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  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited September 18, 2005
    Gus,

    I love the last shot. Bats look so cool when they are wrapped up in their wings like that.

    Cheers,

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    gus the hature photog!
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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Proof
    You guys have the coolest animals and insects. Excellent shots gus!



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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Nice Shots Gus thumb.gif. Although I think those belong in the Horror Forum rolleyes1.gif
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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Nice set. I love the eye in #1 from the angle of light.thumb.gif
  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Cool.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    I like the last one best. However I like all of them, good set. Nice and sharp, too.

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Tks for looking guys.
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    The first one is excellent. It really jumps out at you.thumb.gif
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Seamus wrote:
    The first one is excellent. It really jumps out at you.thumb.gif
    Tks seamus.

    See how small his eye pupil is in the sunlight ? They sleep in the mangroves until about 6pm & then leave in their thousands at once to find mango trees. They have a huge wing span for a bat...about 3 feet.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Hey Gus,

    One of the reasons I love your posts is that I get to see things I don't see down here in Florida. I have to tell you that I'm very happy I haven't seen that ugly sucker down here. :uhoh Good shots. thumb.gif
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  • KirwinKirwin Registered Users Posts: 417 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    These guys are kinda cute. Like the one wrapped up like a straight jacket! eek7.gif
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  • iceman17iceman17 Registered Users Posts: 246 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2005
    Wow Gus these are cool.Funny thing is all the shots look up-side down.The last is my favorite.thumb.gif As another poster said"you guys have the coolest animals"...ice
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2005
    Thanks all...they make good pets as a lot of people care for injured ones but they do carry the lisser virus which is a form of rabies i believe.

    Gus
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2005
    that last one........well the name Count Dracula comes to mind :lol4 :wow
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    that last one........well the name Count Dracula comes to mind :lol4 :wow
    You are in far more danger from a good squirt of semi digested mango pulp from 100 feet above than any blood sucking.
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    You are in far more danger from a good squirt of semi digested mango pulp from 100 feet above than any blood sucking.

    No blood sucking doesn't bother me much, got plenty of them over here (the two legged kind), but if you ever saw the way good ole Bela Lugosi wrapped that cape around himself exactly like your last shot : :uhoh :D

    Not that I would want Mango poop squirted my way either :lol
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