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Thursday December 7th 2006

holy bat tounge! 11863

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2490305,00.html

by ldisko Thu Dec 7th, 2006 11:44am (from #bor) [score: 182 | approval: 100%]

A recently discovered species of bat has leapt into the record books on account of its having the longest mammalian tongue proportionate to body size. The tube-lipped nectar bat's tongue is so long that the creature has to store it in its ribcage when taking a break from using it to sup from flowers. More →

bats, tongue

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Sunday October 1st 2006

BAT BOMBS! 2750

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

by joeyo Mon Mar 14th, 2005 6:30pm (from #bor) *bumped by oweff* [score: 744 | approval: 0%]

The plan was to release bomb-laden bats at night over Japanese industrial targets. The flying bats would disperse widely, then at dawn they would hide in buildings and shortly thereafter built-in timers would ignite the bombs, causing widespread fires and chaos. More →

bats, bombs, war

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