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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I like bats for the same reason I like spiders. They themselves largely keep to themselves and leave you alone while eating things that don't.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like bats because they're little cuties.

One of the local universities here has a bat fest every year. I always go to see the cute bats.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Quick, FlyingSquid. To the Bat-festival!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na bat festival!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

We have a couple of orb weavers in our small backyard and we've been getting a ton of beautiful webs everyday and a bonus. No bugs

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Now that's a Freakonomics episode.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I was really expecting this to be about causality but wow... Talk about causality

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

You mean to tell me all these chemicals we're pumping into the environment are bad for us? 😔

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fewer bats, more pesticides, fewer bug encrusted vehicle windshields, and more dead babies.

It’s all connected 😞.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You beat me to it.

It's all connected and humans are speed running around disconnecting things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Is this a bad time for dead baby jokes I can’t remember any

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

The Batterfly Effect

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Or, in this case, not being batty enough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

The solution is obvious: more bats

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

NaNoBatWriMo isn't until November.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

And it's being subsidized by the government.