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I Am Vengeance! I Am the Night!

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I am really enjoying these belly scritchees and my ladybug pacifier!

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FLASHBACK to Capella enjoying a morning tickle. In the wild, their mothers groom them throughout the day to keep them clean and prevent bacterial growth known as 'slimey wing'. In care, we only bath (wipe them down) our flying fox orphans once a day as we don't want to strip away their natural oils etc. After their bath, they love a good tickle to mimic their mothers tongue, and then they are sunned to dry out and get their much needed vitamin D. *bats are not pets* – I am a licensed and vaccinated wildlife rescuer and rehabilitator. If you see a sick or injured bat, do not touch it. Call your nearest wildlife rescue group. No touch, no risk. #capellatheflyingfox #blackflyingfox #vaccinatedandlicencedcarer #batsqld #flyingfox #fruitbat #babybat #bat #wildliferescue #batsofaustralia #australianwildlife #batsofinstagram #batsarenotpets #pleasedonottouchbats #notouchnorisk #rehabilitateandrelease #secondchance #australia #queensland #battyburrito #threatenedspecies #protectedspecies

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  3. 3.

    Mnemosyne

    It’s fascinating to see the extent to which DNA is changing our understanding of the other animals. It was assumed for a long time that bats must be closely related to rodents, but it’s more like whales:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat

    I’ve been super busy and not around as much, so I think I’ve been missing a lot of political angst. It’s probably for the best.

  4. 4.

    Amir Khalid

    Is that you, Adam? You look totally adorable.

  6. 6.

    Elizabelle

    I can’t believe they have pacifiers that tiny. With ladybugs, yet. What a darling little flying fox.

  10. 10.

    Kristian Doak

    Good news from Phoenix! It looks like we beat back the Koch-funded efforts to kill public transportation and gut public spending – by a two-to-one margin no less! #WeBuiltItYouBastards

    It’s hard to say just how happy this makes me.

    https://www.phoenix.gov/results

  22. 22.

    Yarrow

    @Mary G: What in the world is that organization? Looks like some kind of propaganda outlet.

    Speaking of socialism, I was behind a truck yesterday that had one bumper sticker: “You Beto Socialism Sucks!” Super clever, dude.

  23. 23.

    Mary G

    @Adam L Silverman: The replies are great.

    I had to visit their site to be sure, but yep?From the website: "At age 79, Bill has more energy and is working harder than ever with young people to save the country from socialism. "?Authoritarianism is fine, BUT SOCIALISM IS THE DEVIL, COWARDS— Guy Hombre ?? (@GuyHombre) August 28, 2019

  27. 27.

    Elizabelle

    @Mary G: I never tire of seeing corgis.

    A response to that tweet:

    I’m way more into socialism now that i know DOGS GET PAID

  28. 28.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Mary G: @Yarrow: Young Americans That Should Be Punched In The Crotch With Some Knowledge

    “Waaahhhj sochialisms! I don’t want Medicare or Social Security payments when I’m older. And fuck the Interstates!”

  30. 30.

    Yarrow

    @Mary G: Probably. Their “founder” is a young woman, of course. All those old white guys as the “advisory board” but put the young good looking woman out as the face of the organization.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Mary G: Neither of them is going anywhere, so the dog who is only using one foot on the treadmill is going nowhere more efficiently. A napping dog would be the most efficient.

  33. 33.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Omnes Omnibus: And a (previously) napping dog could more stealthily sneak up on the Young Amerikkkans Against the Socialisums.

    What would the dog do? Bite ’em on the crotch.

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    Mary G

    @Omnes Omnibus: Cats are champion sleepers and hate riding in cars. Most cats hate harnesses, leashes, and walking in a straight line, so by your “going nowhere” standard, cats rule.

  39. 39.

    Yarrow

    @Omnes Omnibus: Wouldn’t a dog napping on the treadmill end up getting dumped off the back end of the treadmill? I think one foot dog may be more efficient. It could take more energy to get tossed off the end of the treadmill while asleep, awake with a start, and have to get up and get back on than it does to stand there and disinterestedly move one leg.

  40. 40.

    CapnMubbers

    @mrmoshpotato My reply to your large lemon/tiny grapefruit question disappeared to wherever comments go. I usually read long-dead threads so that was doubly annoying.
    Late frost caused the fruit to fall when it was lemon-sized, in 1984 and a number of years after. Winters grew gradually warmer, so for maybe the last 8-10 years they grew into full-sized pink grapefruit. Probably grown from a previous owner’s compost heap or maybe planted, these were not the sweet ruby red type, they had quite a tang, but I liked them. Gone with the Paradise fire, along with the persimmon, pear, peaches, pomegranates, red and prune plums, apple, fig, almond, walnut, and two kinds of cherries. The kiwis had died out of old age, and deer ate the red and the green grapes down to nubs so long that they died also.

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    Yarrow

    @Omnes Omnibus: There is not, at least as far as we know. Since both dogs were on moving treadmills already I kind of figured that was our baseline. Perhaps not?

  47. 47.

    Yarrow

    @Omnes Omnibus: Some of my neighbor’s cats get “crazy cat” from time to time and run around the place like something’s chasing them. There is nothing chasing them. I deem that behavior inefficient.

  50. 50.

    CapnMubbers

    @smike: It was a great place. Not a House Beautiful property; I took a very laissez-faire approach to yard work and shared freely with birds and critters (which means I scrambled to harvest “my” share before the trees were completely stripped).

  54. 54.

    mrmoshpotato

    @CapnMubbers: Thanks for the lengthier explanation. Much obliged.

    To be honest, I was merely curious as I’m in the Midwest.

    As for the disappearing of comments, I always copy mine (select all, copy) to the clipboard before posting. Just in case WordPress is in a mood. Then the comment can be pasted when WP recovers from its tissy.

  67. 67.

    CapnMubbers

    @Mary G: Thank you. My community is gone; around 3,000 population now, down from 28,000+/- . The water is unsafe (so many plastic meters and meter boxes burned with the 18,000 structures that the system depressurized and drew contaminants into all the lines; the visual devastation is depressing, most businesses will not return soon, and insurance companies are not writing in that area and others. No reason for me to rebuild.

  68. 68.

    Yarrow

    @Omnes Omnibus: Economics, you say? Is it more economical to have one treadmill per pup or one treadmill total and only one dog at a time can use the treadmill? Dogs not on treadmill may include unanticipated cost.

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