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Posts: 3,177May i ask a silly question of you all?
Do you like bats?
Penny 
and........another silly question.......is Doris Day still alive?
Pandy Potter BearsOf course I like you Penny! 
Estelles canal bears and Tod TeddiesYes I love bats we used to have them living in our loft space in our cottage in Cornwall.
They are a protected species in the UK so it was just as well we like them.
And sorry I don't know about Doris Day
Sidhe BearsYep, like bats... i think they're kinda cute (as long as they don't have rabies...then they scare me) We had some in the attic one year, they kept our back deck clear of bugs, was nice sitting out there that year. Then they left on Labor Day weekend... counted 85 before we gave up... and they never came back! They must have had one heck of a party to get that many in there!
According to IMDB.com, Doris Day is still alive (at least they don't list a date of death for her)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000013/ and I know she is busy with the Doris Day Animal Foundation http://www.ddaf.org.
Bine-TeddiesI love bats Penny! Why're you asking?
Yup! In fact hubby will be building some bat houses so that they live in our yard. They eat TONS of mosquitoes!!
Baird'sBears
Love them! The battier the better. They dive-bomb us all summer.
Why, Penners? 
Eileen
Posts: 3,540Yep, I like them as they do keep down the bugs, but I don't think I'd like them by the hundreds...too scary. They can go live in a cave if there's gonna be that many...
As for Doris Day, yes, I think she's still alive...
...and the connection for these two questions??? 
Newcastle, OntarioPenny, we used to have loads of bats around, when we lived up north in Deep River. Twice the got into the house, when the kids left the door open at night. One wooshed over my face when I was in bed one night, and that didn't make to too happy. Managed to trap it in the bathroom and open the window for it to get out. They eat a kazillion, trillion, billion black flys and that sure made us happy LOL!
By the way, Doris Day is in her 80's, still alive, retired and living in Carmel, California (I believe thats the city). It's one of those tidbits of info that stuck in my mind from Entertainment tonight, recently!
Hugs,
Brenda
LuxembearsI love all animals. Yes even bats. I think bats get a bad rap. They are sweet and gentle...from the giant fruit bats to the tiniest little ones that are the size of yoru thumbnail.
I nursed a young bat ..or at least I thought I was taking care of him.... by feeding him hotdogs.
I think they are sweet and shy and have been given a bad rap by Halloween. SPIDERS...now that is a different subject....
I love bats.I had a few encounters at school camp many moonlings ago.I have books on all the different species.Fruit bats are my favourite.I think they are really beautiful.
I would like to see a bat you make ,youmake such cute critters.
Diane x
Posts: 3,177Well firstly..........Doris Day...............
Me and El Tel were having this argument about Doris Day. He said she was still alive and i said that i was sure she had died. So things have come to a sorry pass when you can't even rely on Doris Day anymore!
Secondly..............Bats..........
Yes, i want to make a bat and i just wondered if anyone else liked them because i love em! I can't tell you how much it has warmed the cockles of my heart to hear so many of you praise the little furry flappers!
We have them here and they are teeny weeny little things (not sure what type-must check that out) and they live in our roof space and flitter about sooo beautifully on long summer evenings. I am looking forward to seeing them soon. I suppose they are about a lot but with the British weather i don't get to sit out in the garden a lot at night.
Soooo, there you have it girls. Did you think i was building up to an Aprils Fools Day joke? Sorry but Miss Shantell Queen of the Gags beat me to it
Penny :hug:
p.s. i AM glad that Doris Day is still alive and it happened because Nettie mentioned a Doris Day song in another posting here so basically it was HER fault we had the argument in the first place
Past Time BearsYES, Doris is still alive, but her son isn't. He died awhile back . . . read it in the newspaper. And yes, she is an animal champion, bless her!
YES, I LOVE bats . . . they eat mosquitos. We have three bat houses out, but never have attracted any residents. Wasps love the houses, though, and build many apartments in them. So add another bat lover to the list!
Wisdom BearsHi Penny,
Yes, I love bats too, we have had them for about 5 summers now and I love to watch them on a summer's night diving around the lights etc. Hugs Rita xxx
Fuzzbutt BearsThat reminds me, I've got to get my bat house up this year. I love bats, what other mammal fits so neatly in a garden? Eats the bad bugs at night, curls up tidily for the day, no holes dug, no bulbs eaten, and doesn't bother with the bird feeders.
I think a bat would be a great speciman to turn plush too -- they have those great big ears and delicate pointed faces. Unfortunatly I'm still struggling with my gryphon pattern or else I'd propose a bat challange! :)
-- Erika
Fuzzbutt Bears
Patsy Lake BearsI love to look at bats some have such cute faces. When you get a colony of them in the trees they stink ..... and they cause alot of damage here with the fruit ... so they are not too popular with fruit farmers ...... but still they are cute
I don't care for real life bats, but I think a bat that an artist made would be nice.
I didn't know they ate mosquitoes. Living in South Florida, we have lots of mosquitoes so now I really like them!
Mountain Dreamer BearsYes Penny, I like bats! 
When I was young we lived near a cave that had several bats living in it. Small, cute, harmless, furry and utterly fascinating to me. During the day you could just walk right up to one and hold it. I wanted to take one to school but my parents wouldn't let me. I really enjoyed watching them swoop around our yard light eating bugs. I wish there were more here where I live now.
And once you build one, how do you entice the bats to move in? cheap rent? free food? I can do both of those things!!
I would like to have more bats around to eat the mospuitoes!
I think bats are cool but I wouldn't touch one if I could help it because they tend to carry scary diseases. Like Diane, I'm partial to the flying foxes, a.k.a. fruit bats.
My sons have a picture book about a bat called STELLALUNA and we have the bean-y toy of her. Very cute!!!
Posts: 8,574Awww
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Hi Bonnie! Just now checked in.... My hubby is a woodworker and found some plans for bat houses in one of his woodworking magazines. I also found the finished product at Mendards for like $12!
But here's a link to a place that sells a bunch of types...and books too!
http://www.backyardbird.com/bathouses.h … C=standard
Mountain Dreamer Bears I'm off to check out these sites!
I haven't had much luck with purple martins so maybe I can coax some bats to live here.
