So I've been doing the updates on the RTK systems on farming equipment. When doing this, I have to disassemble it and hook a wire harness to it to run the firmware update. When I first opened the devise this guy was in, I thought a mouse had some how found a way into the device and had died. Upon further investigation, it was not dead and definitely not a mouse. A bat had somehow found a way to get into this thing and was resting on the wiring harnesses in there. After about 10 minutes, I coaxed it into grabbing onto this tack hammer. I thought it was injured, so I was gonna take it to the vet and have it looked at, but after about 10 minutes, it decided it had enough of the inside of my truck. It went nuts and flew around the cab crazily. I was sitting still at the time, fortunately. I tried rolling down the windows, but it would go out. I finally found a new roosting place; on my back. It dug all 4 paw claws and it's wing claws into my shirt. It finally would find its way out after I slowly exited the cab, into the rain. Fun times!!!
Category All / Still Life
Species Bat
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At first, it kinda freaked me out, but then I was afraid I had hurt it, so I was planning on taking it to a vet to have it mended. That didn't last long. lol. Fortunately for me, I wear a shirt under my work polo so I never made any skin contact with him. I know when it started to fly around I was ducking for cover. lol
It was wild! I've worked on many different outdoor structures here, but this was the first time I actually had a bat greet me. Lol. What's strange is, I have no idea how the thing even go inside. It is a sealed device with a small, about 4" long and maybe 3/4" thick slit where latch is on the underside of the device. This is the mounted to the top of farm equipment so it's bard to get to. The tractor was parked in a barn, so how or why it decided to roost there is funny. Lol
hehe...I really felt bad for the little guy, but at the same time I was kinda freaked out. XD I really thought I had hurt him and so I figured once I was done with the customer's equipment, I would ask where the nearest vet was, drop him off, and leave some money for care. I really have a soft spot for animals and can't understand how people can just treat animals so cruelly. He showed me after a while that he was alright. Flying around inside a 4 door truck was no fun experience. XD
aww XD yay, care!
I can't fathom why anyone would do anything horrible to an animal. The shriek of pain they have, even if it isn't a shriek, haunts you forever. I saw a pelican get slowly run over while it was laying eggs under a street light and the soft choke of pain and the crunching sound still haunts me.
I can't fathom why anyone would do anything horrible to an animal. The shriek of pain they have, even if it isn't a shriek, haunts you forever. I saw a pelican get slowly run over while it was laying eggs under a street light and the soft choke of pain and the crunching sound still haunts me.
That is terrible! I'm afraid that I would have probably thrown up and can see why it haunts you; I know it would me as well. I am totally with you; I don't see how anyone could treat an animal in such a horrible manner. It just boggles my mind. To me, those people have no sense of humanity in their body.
I totally understand where you are coming from. I don't see anything wrong with it, per say, as long as you are going to eat what you kill. But, me, I can't hunt. I honestly have a hard time fishing. Attaching a hook to a worm or any kind of live bait sickens me. I also have a hard time removing the hook.
If I may say, I love the new icon you have! ^^
If I may say, I love the new icon you have! ^^
haha.....that is too funny. It's really funny that something that cute could have teeth like that and be even remotely scary. XD I know that this guy freaked me out when he decided to start flyin around the cab of the truck. lol.
But I totally agree; findin a bat, specially if you found one in your living space, is amazin! <3
But I totally agree; findin a bat, specially if you found one in your living space, is amazin! <3
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