I can’t think of a more disgusting animal than the bat. Everything about this animal is revolting. And for those of you out there who believe in fairy tales, just ask yourselves: what kind of God would create such a creature? TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
AFP
A huge colony of fruit bats that live in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens are such a pest that desperate officials have taken to blaring industrial noise and banging sounds to scare them off.
And the ploy appears to have worked.
A week ago some 5,000 of the large mammals could be seen hanging in trees throughout the park, a popular haunt for both locals and tourists on the harbour near the city’s famous Opera House.
But now just 10 are left, said the executive director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Brett Summerell.
“The majority of bats have been evicted from the gardens,” he said Tuesday.
“We’ve been playing a range of industrial type noises — basically annoying sounds for about 45 minutes in the mornings and 35 minutes in the evening.”
Over the past 20 years, the bats, also known as flying foxes, have caused extensive damage in the gardens, with more than 28 trees and 30 palms already lost and several hundred more trees and plants damaged, 60 critically.
Summerell said 100 bats had been fitted with satellite collars to track their movement and they were dispersing around the Sydney region, up the coast, and even as far as Queensland state, some 700 kilometres (434 miles) away.
Actually, you are not alone. Many people have serious misconceptions about bats. The fact is that bats are actually quite harmless and are important indicators of a healthy environment. Because bats are sensitive to high pollution and pesticide levels, bats, or the lack of them in a region known for them, are useful as a warning sign to potential environmental problems. Bats can also be important weapons in combating insects that are actually dangerous to humans.With the increased media coverage of deaths caused by the West Nile Virus, many people are looking for effective ways to prevent the spread of the disease. As most of us are aware, the West Nile Virus is primarily spread through mosquitoes. Mosquitoes make up a significant portion of a bat’s diet. A small bat can capture more than 1,200 mosquitoes in a single hour! Bats cannot contract the West Nile Virus by eating infected mosquitoes. Besides mosquitoes, bats can help control the populations of beetles, moths, and leafhoppers.
As to your question, “What kind of God would create such a creature”, I’d have to say that in an infinite universe, the answers are infinite.
-A smart God.
-A compassionate God.
-A science minded God (creating their radar and homing abilities was quite a piece of hi-tech)….and so on, and so forth.
-GhostRider Wisdom…that’s my story and I’m sticking to it
You know what, I agree with your intellectual assessment of bats. They are special creatures; kind of like frogs, which will not only eat mosquitoes, but their larvae as well. But guess what, frogs are also quite unpleasant. And in terms of God, if you believe in evolution, (and only an idiot wouldn’t) bats’ hearing is a result of evolution, as they didn’t always have “radar abilities.”
But hey, who am I to question God? After all, bats weren’t his only “creative” invention. Don’t forget, he also invented the fly, another “wonderful” organism. Oh, and let’s not forget the plague, cancer, and a million and one other ailments… Yes sir, there’s nothing like a loving God to make life marvelous…