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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Nov 3, 2020 14:17:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:31:42 GMT
What a nightmare. Don't tell me about bats in Greece. Roughly 20 or 23 species of bats live in Greece, as in it's a tiny rock in the sea which has no bats living on it.
Sorry, unless you go to the Arctic, the Antarctic, or one of those isolated Oceania islands, you're not getting away from bats because they're every where else. 100 cats and some other safe flying creature that bats hate. I swore no more dogs, but there's a dog here with three legs. I feed him in fear of his temporary father. The other one died, and I heard he shot him. Anyway, they have no rawhides here, but my new dog that I plan to steal loves cat food. ; )
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:35:14 GMT
In our village, just outside, there is a centre for natural gardening. One evening a few years ago there was an excursion about these small animals. With special hearing aids we could hear them and maybe 2 or 3 of the participants noticed a single shadow during the evening. I was so fascinated: they are there, we can hear them (with technical help) and still don't see them... The bats? I have no idea how to insert emoticons with this device but if I did you would see one of horror.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:37:25 GMT
A house not far from a plantation forest was condemned when the bats infested it, living in walls and ceilings. Because when the trees were harvested, the bats had nowhere else to go tasmanianartiat that reminds me of a house my husband and I bought in France. It was a pretty bungalow in tiny Laureat, which is halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse. the house was one of 5 homes in a small hamlet. It came with a huge garden and an orchard. We had decided to have some restoration work done on the house and one of the workers informed us that we should cut down the tree just outside our front door as it was infested with termites. Sadly we did as he suggested. So where did the termites go but into our house. We hadn't realised they'd invaded our home and shortly thereafter we sold the house. (Mainly because a factory farm was erected 5 metres from our garden, which tortured ducks in order to make foire gras) Later we were contacted by the lawyer of the buyers, who demanded we pay to rid the house of termites. It cost us a lot of money! PS Later I found out from google that "Termites are actually important decomposers. They break down tough plant fibers, recycling dead and decaying trees into new soil. ... As they tunnel, termites also aerate and improve the soil. It just so happens that we build our homes from termite food — wood." www.thoughtco.com/fascinating-facts-about-termites-1968587#:~:text=Termites%20Are%20Good%20for%20Soil,decaying%20trees%20into%20new%20soil.&text=As%20they%20tunnel%2C%20termites%20also,homes%20from%20termite%20food%20%E2%80%94%20wood. Australia, the home of termites ... they build mighty cities ... Those are bugs? That is you?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:39:41 GMT
A house not far from a plantation forest was condemned when the bats infested it, living in walls and ceilings. Because when the trees were harvested, the bats had nowhere else to go tasmanianartiat that reminds me of a house my husband and I bought in France. It was a pretty bungalow in tiny Laureat, which is halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse. the house was one of 5 homes in a small hamlet. It came with a huge garden and an orchard. We had decided to have some restoration work done on the house and one of the workers informed us that we should cut down the tree just outside our front door as it was infested with termites. Sadly we did as he suggested. So where did the termites go but into our house. We hadn't realised they'd invaded our home and shortly thereafter we sold the house. (Mainly because a factory farm was erected 5 metres from our garden, which tortured ducks in order to make foire gras) Later we were contacted by the lawyer of the buyers, who demanded we pay to rid the house of termites. It cost us a lot of money! PS Later I found out from google that "Termites are actually important decomposers. They break down tough plant fibers, recycling dead and decaying trees into new soil. ... As they tunnel, termites also aerate and improve the soil. It just so happens that we build our homes from termite food — wood." www.thoughtco.com/fascinating-facts-about-termites-1968587#:~:text=Termites%20Are%20Good%20for%20Soil,decaying%20trees%20into%20new%20soil.&text=As%20they%20tunnel%2C%20termites%20also,homes%20from%20termite%20food%20%E2%80%94%20wood. Australia, the home of termites ... they build mighty cities ... This thread is becoming like a horror book. I'm at Virage Cafe having a beer and I have to go to bed soon. Thinking of bugs.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Nov 3, 2020 17:43:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:44:34 GMT
An isolated beach on Corfu might be a great refuge, given the present monster on the march, with bats the least of the dagerous critters. On second thoughts ... Corfu might have giant bats that carry tourists up up and away... Hahaha. Tasmanian artist, if that is you in the pictures with the fingers you make me want to go to Australia again. What to do...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:45:02 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:46:53 GMT
I have to get smashed now. I miss my friends. I'm a cold Montreal woman. This heaven, with Archibald, the cat, scraping past my legs waiting for food, will take some getting used to.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 17:50:39 GMT
An isolated beach on Corfu might be a great refuge, given the present monster on the march, with bats the least of the dagerous critters. On second thoughts ... Corfu might have giant bats that carry tourists up up and away... There must be parts in Australia with no bats and no that other creepy creature with fangs that you posted the other day.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Nov 3, 2020 18:15:34 GMT
My last encounter was about two weeks ago, on the toilet without my glasses on. Little scorpion popped me on my left ring finger when I went to brush it off my leg.
Not as bad as a spider bite years ago, but unpleasant enough.
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Post by tasmanianartist on Nov 4, 2020 2:35:19 GMT
Australia, the home of termites ... they build mighty cities ... Those are bugs? That is you? Yep, and nope. Bugs build these (called magnetic termite mounds - they are north-south aligned so the smart creatures can take advantage of the sun-shade aspect for air-conditioning their city), and it could be me (would have been about 40 years ago), alas, sigh, no, this time it is not me - just a tourist modelling ...
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Post by tasmanianartist on Nov 4, 2020 2:39:53 GMT
An isolated beach on Corfu might be a great refuge, given the present monster on the march, with bats the least of the dagerous critters. On second thoughts ... Corfu might have giant bats that carry tourists up up and away... There must be parts in Australia with no bats and no that other creepy creature with fangs that you posted the other day. Australia is Australia - there are no pockets that belong to a different universe. Face it, Maggie, homo sapiens is just scratching out a living in the dirt like any other critter that calls this spaceship home. Greece is cat and three-legged dog country, Australia is creepy crawly country. Creatures great and small, the Lord God made them all.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Nov 4, 2020 13:57:51 GMT
Homo sapiens is part of the world, no matter how much damage it does as a collective.
Without all the creepy crawlies and all the messiness, we couldn't exist.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2020 0:53:19 GMT
There must be parts in Australia with no bats and no that other creepy creature with fangs that you posted the other day. Australia is Australia - there are no pockets that belong to a different universe. Face it, Maggie, homo sapiens is just scratching out a living in the dirt like any other critter that calls this spaceship home. Greece is cat and three-legged dog country, Australia is creepy crawly country. Creatures great and small, the Lord God made them all. True, as long as they're not on me. However, cat and dog seems harmless in comparison.
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