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.
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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.
Quick, FlyingSquid. To the Bat-festival!
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na bat festival!
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
Now that's a Freakonomics episode.
I was really expecting this to be about causality but wow... Talk about causality
You mean to tell me all these chemicals we're pumping into the environment are bad for us? 😔
Fewer bats, more pesticides, fewer bug encrusted vehicle windshields, and more dead babies.
It’s all connected 😞.
You beat me to it.
It's all connected and humans are speed running around disconnecting things.
Is this a bad time for dead baby jokes I can’t remember any
The Batterfly Effect
It's always bats
Or, in this case, not being batty enough.
The solution is obvious: more bats
did a bat write this?
NaNoBatWriMo isn't until November.
And it's being subsidized by the government.