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WCDT Strips 3946-3950 (25th February - 1st March 2019)
TheEvilDog:
I remember years ago, I heard a noise in the bathroom in the middle of the night. I got up and went to investigate. A bat had flown in through the window and had gotten confused. Cue half an hour of me clad in a hoodie and rubber gloves, trying to get the bat onto a broom so I could get him outside (I didn't want to pick him up in case I hurt him). Well anyway, I got the bat outside and he instantly calmed down and was about to take off....when the neighbours cat pounced on him.
I never did like that cat.
Theta9:
I really can't fault the cat. A bat is basically a flying mouse. I believe that's what the German word fliedermaus translates to.
Case:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 01 Mar 2019, 12:17 ---I really can't fault the cat. A bat is basically a flying mouse. I believe that's what the German word fliedermaus translates to.
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Nope, a Fliedermaus would be a 'lilacmouse'. A German bat is a Fledermaus - lit. Fluttermouse - and when it crosses the border into the Netherlands, it becomes a vleermuis.
:-D
(German word for flying is fliegen, which sounds about right, yet it turns out that's not the root of 'fleder' - but I'll admit I had to look up the etymology myself)
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Theta9 on 01 Mar 2019, 12:17 ---I really can't fault the cat. A bat is basically a flying mouse. I believe that's what the German word fliedermaus translates to.
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Bats are actually far more popular with farmers, to the point where no one considers them vermin, best insect control in the world.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 01 Mar 2019, 14:08 ---Bats are actually far more popular with farmers, to the point where no one considers them vermin, best insect control in the world.
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Swallows and other tweetiebirds take the bug control day shift and bats work nights.
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