"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." T. S. Eliot
Sunday, September 14, 2008
9/15/08 Bats on Parade
On a bike ride home a couple days ago I witnessed this scene, some kind of unholy congress of bats. I don't know what they are planning, but it can't be anything good. I'm still not accustomed to sharing my reality with these animals. I had scarcely seen a bat beyond the safe confines of the zoo before I came to this place. Don't they belong in some cave in South America? Surely they are lost. I ducked a low flying one as I continued towards my apartment. They don't fly straight like birds, they are constantly diving and making sharp erratic little turns. I should get hazard pay for this.
I subscribed to The Onion channel on Youtube. It is so good. Here's one of my recent favorites.
I believe the badly pronounced Japanese at the end there means "white bird, black shadow".
I have seen bats near my house in Los Angeles recently also. The first time I can remember.
ReplyDeleteI think their bat sonar they use means they have less chance of hitting you or anything else.