Each night at dusk, the bats come out. These things are huge, about the size of a large crow. They are really creepy and fly totally silently, unless you happen to scare one out of the tree once it has landed… then there’s this gross leathery flapping noise as their wings hit each other in the air. There are thousands of them and they come each night from the south and head up north towards Southbank. Who knows if that’s where they stop… I think they are fruit bats, and they don’t seem to bother anyone, so I’m not too concerned, but they still are very creepy.

I saw one once, on the ground in the middle of the day. It must have broken a wing or something, cause it was still alive. I could see it’s heartbeat in it’s furry little chest. It’s beady eyes would pop open and look around, seemingly panicked, when I came close. It would breathe faster too. Big furry ears and an upturned nose gave it that weird bat look. I felt a bit bad leaving it there, but didn’t have the courage to do what was probably the right thing. Someone else phoned the SPCA and they came and got it. I’ll bet they just chucked it in the garbage.

I’ll try get a photo sometime. (Of the living/flying ones)

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