Same bat place, new bat title
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Fertility FoiblesPosted
Sun 29 Aug 2010 12:27pm
Don't fret. This is the blog formerly known as Fertility Foibles (wish I could have some cool Prince-like symbol in here like a X'ed out pregnancy test). I have changed the name to reflect the title of a book that I have written about the funny and absurd stories that have accompanied my and others' fertility foibles.
I just sent my manuscri ...
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70 Dead Bats In Tucson
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NatashaCallPosted
Sat 08 Jan 2011 4:46pm
70 Bats die in Tuscon...
The Department is helping investigate a recent die off of bats in the Tucson Area. About 70 bats were found dead at the overpass near Speedway and Pantono. Initially, there...
You want to read this! Amazing. Surprising. Contraversial.
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Bat In The House
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Kate K.Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:16pm
to be a bat by the way it was flying. I got up but didn’t turn on any lights and watched this flying creature swoop up and down. I then turned off the ceiling fan, not wanting the bird/bat to get hurt. Then I put the cats in the back room with me and promptly fell asleep. For some reason I just wasn’t ready to try to get the critter out of the house. I
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What's the Deal with Vampire Bats?
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A. Brewster S.Posted
Thu 21 Oct 2010 7:48am
I bet all of you think that vampire bats suck blood- and I also bet that all of you think that every species of vampire bats are out to suck it up!
WRONG!
Out of the over 1000 different species of bats, only 3 suck blood and they don't even live in North America!
So, the next time you see a bat flying over your head, don't run, shout
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Bats in Trouble
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Sierra Club ..Posted
Tue 05 Aug 2008 4:12pm
Looks like bats are in need of acaped crusader. A mysterious malady called White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has been killing bats in the Northeast. Kirsten Weirexamines the diseasein Salon.com's new Environment and Science section, explaining that "WNS is to bats whatcolony collapse disorderis to bees, another baffling lethal syndrome." WNS gets its name
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Does Your Grip on a Baseball Bat Affect the Trajectory of the Ball?
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Project SwolePosted
Sun 27 Jun 2010 12:00am
it is a 90 MPH pitch.
Bat comes in contact with the ball. Nomar swings the bat 67 MPH.
Shockwaves from the contact between bat and ball travel down the bat to the hands.
Some shockwaves are reflected and bounce back up the bat towards the ball.
The ball leaves bat before shockwaves bounce back.
Therefore your grip on a bat doesn’t directly influence
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A Bat in the Attic
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Michele A.Posted
Mon 06 Jul 2009 9:10pm
My house sustained some wind damage that pulled off pieces of siding and trim. A contractor has been working on the house and came across a few bats that made a cozy home in the wood trim. We set up one way netting so the bats would go out but not come back in.
One bat found its way inside the attic. I opened the door to the attic and walked up two
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