Monday, October 13, 2008

Gotcha

These are fruit bats, hangin' out. There's an exhibit where we keep all the boys together. Though your first reaction might be to shiver, if you focus just on their faces you'd think they looked a lot like little dogs. They have dark smooth fur, cute little ears, a nicely shaped snout and a warm wet nose, just like Fido. If you double click on this photo it will blow up so you can see what I mean. (If you don't do it now, I guarantee you will by the end of this post).

And like that squirrel I wrote about (click here to see), they are quite obviously well equipped. Who knew?

I'm not saying I know what it means, but look closely at this picture. What the heck is the guy on the right doing, putting his little hand in his pal's crotch?  Apparently finding something to be quite amusing. I'd call it cackling even.  He's clearly cackling, wouldn't you say?     

And is that other guy smiling, just a little bit?

7 comments:

carlikup said...

OMG Sidney, lol, that's hillarious!!

But they do look like dogs; they're actually really cute.

bindu said...

That was hilarious! :) Bats are cute. But I've never got this close a look at their private lives. ;) BTW Sydney, you've been tagged - check out my recent post!

Zom said...

Nyuk, nyuk.

I have little bats that live above the door to my studio. They are cute but I have to sweep up their poo each morning. That's okay.

I forgot to put them on my journal page :(

meb said...

Sorry Syd... but bats are not cute. They are not one of the animals in life that would endear themselves to me. (That's probably not good English, but you know what I mean).

My friend was a Microbiologist for the State of Delaware, and she was the one who had to determine if a bat was rabid if it had bitten someone. From her stories, they just got a bad reputation (for me).

Give me the cutesy, adorable ones and I'll say something nice. Smile!


Hmmmm... my word verification was dvdvcc... change the c to r and ...

Blu said...

what a great blog and some interesting shots, I will be back soon.
Best wishes from Brittany France.

nollyposh said...

hee! hee! naughty batties!
Interestingly 'Scott Alexander King' says (in his book Animal Dreaming') that Bats are about ~rebirth~
"Generically speaking, the Bat hangs suspended in an inverted position in it's cave-symbolic of of the Earth Mother's womb, waiting for the right moment to step out of the darkness into a new phase of life"... i like that as i noticed a REALLY big one fly over our car just the other night X:-)

nollyposh said...

and hey Zom (feel like adding -my!) i want to live where you do... i am constantly amaazzzzed at the animals that you have all around you!!! x