Tony Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 I would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyelcomb Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 They're lovely creatures. Very pretty faces and super soft fur. Once rescued one caught on a barbed wire fence out in the sticks in Australia. At first, naturally, it was scared of me but as soon as it twigged that I was untangling its wings and trying to help it relaxed and let me get on with it. Once freed, it then didn't want to let go of me and was clambering about on my arm and shoulder quite happily. it was only when I went to sit in the car that it just jumped off and flew away over the valley. Very happy to have saved its life because there was no way it could have freed itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Closest i've got is rescuing a bat in my bedroom...... Can't say i liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4UL T Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 That looks like a big one. Think I could PPP myself if I come round the corner and saw that hanging there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 A fruit bat maybe? Sometimes called a flying fox I think. They are common in several countries and eat fruit up to about apple and pear size. I came in contact with them some years ago in the Gerald Durrell zoo on Jersey where they are (or were ?) kept in a very large glass house with hanging nets strung near the roof. They would happily hang on an arm and eat an apple. I believe in Africa they have been associated with ebola so maybe not as harmless as they used to be considered, but my information is not authoritative and I'd want better data before drawing conclusions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickT Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Bats are brilliant Spiders, cute Bees are interestingly organised and harmless Wasps. .... They are the devil..... If you want to see Bats closer up, visit Chester Zoo ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 If you think wasps are the devil you have never met a Hornet. Its a wasp on steroids, i got stung on the hand by a hornet when i lived in Denver (usa) and my whole left arm swelled up. Not a nice experience:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 "Spiders cute" ........ They are hairy wasps without wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Here is a spider you might like Tony: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/spider-that-can-give-men-four-hour-erections-found-in-tesco-bananas/ar-AA9GUNt?ocid=mailsignoutmd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 I would rather a limp saveloy than have anything to do with that thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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