Bats

Believe it or not, although of a different order, we rodents really have a lot in common with bats.

1) We share the same secret, mysterious nighty-night world, working, playing, eating, etc., while other critters sleep.

2) We're both cute and furry.

OK. Perhaps not always cute, but certainly furry.









3) We like a lot of the same things:

Yummy chow...

Cooling drinks...

A little boogie fever for laughs...

And just hanging out.

4) We are both so misunderstood! In fact, the press about us down through the ages has been quite outrageous.

Bats especially have gotten a bad rap.

They've been smeared by legends of blood sucking, sorcery, disease spreading, property damage, pet snatching, and dive-bombing ladies with big hair-dos.

I confess that such misunderstanding has even existed between bats and rodents. I myself once had an aversion to these winged fellows of the night.

But I've learned. Based on my reading of that delightful work Darklings, by my good friend and colleague C. D. Davis, I now consider myself enlightened regarding the admirable qualities of bats.

In the coming weeks, I'll make it my mission to share the (mostly) good news about a few of the 900+ species of bats from around the world.

Please stay tuned. And embrace the bat!