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Article: Being non-cute is a burden that bats must bear. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- October 28, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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With the last yellowing days of October, there comes a sudden interest in bats _ one of the major components of the great North American Halloween fauna.
Biologically, this group of animals is amazing for two things: It is one of the few mammals to have mastered flight, and it has adapted to a diversity of lifestyles _ feeding in different parts of the world on insects (as in Minnesota and Wisconsin), flowers, fruits, pollen, fish and, yes friends, blood.
Culturally, however, this group of animals suffers. It is relegated to the lowest caste in American popular animal culture, the abject state of the non-cute.
Being non-cute is one of the worst things that can ...
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