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irisblue

(33,013 posts) Mon Jul 22, 2019, 07:37 PM Jul 2019

Bats can swim. 🦇

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Bats can swim. 🦇 (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2019 OP

Cool! K&R. nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #1

Gannetts can, why not bats ? eppur_se_muova Jul 2019 #2

They can also surf whistler162 Jul 2019 #3

O.M.G! Beyond hilarious! The yellow shorts with utility belt is a classic! Hestia Jul 2019 #12

Quick Robin, to the Bat Pool!! yonder Jul 2019 #4

You can bet that bat has a can of Shark Repellant on hand htuttle Jul 2019 #5

That's gotta customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #8

Batstroke. democratisphere Jul 2019 #6

... littlemissmartypants Jul 2019 #9

... democratisphere Jul 2019 #10

I did not know that bats could swim. Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2019 #7

I was curious why a bat would swim. TomSlick Jul 2019 #11

tblue37

(65,458 posts)

1. Cool! K&R. nt

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 07:46 PM

Jul 2019

eppur_se_muova

(36,278 posts)

2. Gannetts can, why not bats ?

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Mon Jul 22, 2019, 07:47 PM

Jul 2019

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

3. They can also surf

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 07:50 PM

Jul 2019

Hestia

(3,818 posts)

12. O.M.G! Beyond hilarious! The yellow shorts with utility belt is a classic!

Reply to whistler162 (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:35 PM

Jul 2019

yonder

(9,669 posts)

4. Quick Robin, to the Bat Pool!!

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:02 PM

Jul 2019

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

5. You can bet that bat has a can of Shark Repellant on hand

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:31 PM

Jul 2019

All bats carry it.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

8. That's gotta

Reply to htuttle (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 09:17 PM

Jul 2019

really piss off Aquaman.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

6. Batstroke.

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Mon Jul 22, 2019, 08:50 PM

Jul 2019

littlemissmartypants

(22,722 posts)

9. ...

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Tue Jul 23, 2019, 06:40 PM

Jul 2019

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

10. ...

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Tue Jul 23, 2019, 07:39 PM

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Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

7. I did not know that bats could swim.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Jul 22, 2019, 09:14 PM

Jul 2019

But then, I guess, they ARE the original sonar experts.

TomSlick

(11,104 posts)

11. I was curious why a bat would swim.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2019, 10:51 PM

Jul 2019

Why not fly over the water? Was this bat hunting? Was it injured?

Turns out bats drink water "on the fly" and sometimes misjudge and go in the water. This can be a problem if the bat lands in a swimming pool from which it cannot climb out.

[link:https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/bats-are-good-swimmers|

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