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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 12, 2002

Hey, Mark -

I got this link in today's Animal Planet newsletter. It's a quiz about bats, so naturally I thought of you. Have fun! http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/safari/topbat/quiz/quiz.html

There's lots of neat bat info there, too. I'd never seen a white bat before, other than albino ones, but that's what Honduran Tent bats are naturally. You'd think they'd be better suited for the antarctic, LOL!

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 12, 2002

It must be bat day, for I found this while doing a search for Victoriana:

Human Bat
http://www.geocities.com/jessnevins/vich.html

The Bat first appeared in The Funny Wonder, March 1899. The Bat is John Holloway, a lively young lad whose father is the 17th Baron of Fingall, lord of a sizable Irish estate. However, his rival in Parliament connives with a cousin to swindle Fingall out of his wealth and manor. Holloway is still in school and seemingly cannot do anything to help his father. But he discovers that a special suit he'd been given by his father's butler/valet/batman enables him to glide through the air; the suit is a caped affair made for formal dinners, but with a mask it lets Holloway glide around incognito. Holloway then begins using it to fight for his father; he takes up the identity of the Human Bat so much that he begins hiding out at night in a local cave and sleeping upside down, hanging from the ceiling by his feet. Eventually, of course, Holloway helps his father regain his good name and wealth, as well as stymieing various Chinese smugglers and getting a kiss from the girl who was his best friend growing up. (That's John on the prowl, going after one of the hirelings of the man who swindled Fingall out of his money and land).

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mark Antrim, Northern Ire, United Kingdom(Zone 8b) Dec 12, 2002

70% correct slap on the wrist it should have been 100%

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tiG Newnan, GA(Zone 8a) Dec 12, 2002

oh the shame and humiliation!!!! :)

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Dec 12, 2002

LOL, I got 30%, so I *really* felt bad!

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tiG Newnan, GA(Zone 8a) Dec 12, 2002

uh oh mark, I got 70% too, you must have been asleep!!!

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pebble Bodrum, Turkey(Zone 10a) Dec 12, 2002

wow, learned a lot just by taking the quiz, but still managed to get 60% - lol

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justmeLisa Brewers, KY(Zone 6b) Dec 12, 2002

50% for me :-( sorry mark. but I did learn 50% ;0)

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Dec 13, 2002

60 :}

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mark Antrim, Northern Ire, United Kingdom(Zone 8b) Dec 13, 2002

it's not how bad you guys are it's how much you know/guessed about bats. welcome to my world!

did you know a baby bat is a Pup?

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