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  • They get a bad rep, like moths, but also like moths they’re crucial for plant pollination. I do enjoy watching the local one/s flapping about at night, looking for unwary photogenic youths to bite.

  • Who hates bats?

    I think it is a fairly common belief out here in the shires (East Anglia) that they pass rabies. While they can, it is very rare and ridiculously so in the UK.

  • Who hates bats?

    Possibly the same people that hate butterflies ?

  • Do they? Who hates bats

    Generally the same prople who hate rats. (From one rat owner to another)

  • They get a bad rep

    Do they? Who hates bats?

    Had an Uber driver who felt the need to exclaim “They’re all considered vermin, aren’t they?!” when the gf and I were admiring the bats and foxes along our route. Never understood what his precise point was, but he felt strongly about it.

    Also people who slightly misunderstand COVID.

  • Who hates bats?

    [raises hand]

    It’s not like I wish them ill but they can stay the fuck away from me. Horrible little bastards.

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