Kellogg wrote:
So, anyone out there got any good pictures of the way bat legs
go...?
Thanks!
batty den wrote:http://members.ozemail.com.au/~denbat/frank4.jpg
Bat feet are wired backwards compared to other animals. They have to flex their muscles to let go
Kellogg wrote:
Interesting: It almost looks like it's got two thumbs...
Bat feet are wired backwards compared to other animals. They have to flex their muscles to let go
Hmm... I wonder how similar that is to bird talons:
In the talons of a bird, the tendons are notched like a ratchet, so that the muscles can be relaxed and yet maintain grip on a tree branch or prey. (Very nasty should one get its talons into you.)
Is that how the bat foot works?
Kellogg wrote:
Really exceptionally nice fellow who showed me some of the re-hab
center they had for raptors. But his real passion was for bats.
He was known as Batman.We went up to one of the university
admin buildings which was a huge bat habitat. Really really cool.
Brown bats and Mexican free-tails.
He told me of a phone call they got from an Australian Zoo once.
Seems the Australians had some horribly sick animals and wanted
to talk to American vets who would be familiar with these strange
and exotic creatures:
White Tailed Deer.![]()
Anyway, just a little story about how big the world is and how one
man's rare and exotic treat, is someone else's ho-hum.
All of which you may ignore, except this: I really admire the work
of wild life rehabilitators such as your good self.
Kellogg wrote:
Really exceptionally nice fellow who showed me some of the re-hab
center they had for raptors. But his real passion was for bats.
He was known as Batman.We went up to one of the university
admin buildings which was a huge bat habitat. Really really cool.
Brown bats and Mexican free-tails.
He told me of a phone call they got from an Australian Zoo once.
Seems the Australians had some horribly sick animals and wanted
to talk to American vets who would be familiar with these strange
and exotic creatures:
White Tailed Deer.![]()
Anyway, just a little story about how big the world is and how one
man's rare and exotic treat, is someone else's ho-hum.
All of which you may ignore, except this: I really admire the work
of wild life rehabilitators such as your good self.
batty den wrote:Hmm... will ya look at that tracked vehicle in Panel 1 today... And Panel 2. Hmmm... ideas
Kellogg wrote:
(Sorry, it's just that I very much regret not applying myself
better in grad school.)
Still, on the subject of that vehicle, I should admit I was inspired
by this lil guy:
(pic snipt)
Or these:
batty den wrote:UFO! I remember watching this when I was a kid in the 70s. It was set so far in the future - 1989 from memory. Of course we'd have bases on the moon in 20 years. (we were ripped off!)
Gerry Anderson shows are very under-rated, and Space Precinct was the most under-rated of all!
Is that SID lurking in the background of the Sept.1 strip?
batty den wrote:I knocked this up after the exam today. I still have to do runways, buildings, control towers, heavy lift vehicle, launch pad systems, and stuff like that.
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The airship is recycled from another model. Please dont ask what holds the track elements together.
Kellogg wrote:Anyway, just a little story about how big the world is and how one
man's rare and exotic treat, is someone else's ho-hum.
batty den wrote:I knocked this up after the exam today. I still have to do runways, buildings, control towers, heavy lift vehicle, launch pad systems, and stuff like that.
The airship is recycled from another model. Please dont ask what holds the track elements together.
Quill wrote:Can someone please, please explain the plot of UFO to me? I saw some eps on British TV and was thoroughly confused as they never provided any backstory. Fun to watch, but if they could catch the darn ships coming in from outside the Moon's orbit, why couldn't they catch them before they hit the ocean? And while it was nice to see women working in space, why are they all dressed so skimpily? never mind the hair...
baxtrr wrote:I always delight in the differences between what's common and what's not between the USA and other countries.
bax
HugoFuchs wrote:Bats are pretty cool, used to go spelunking quite a bit in my youth and quite a number of the caves hold bats, some year-round, other just in the winter.
'Roos are dangerous, now that's a plug for an anthropomorphic commando.
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