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Had this one bat that died on the wall and is growing mold as he wastes away... | ||
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Yucko! | But you leave bread on the wall and it will go to town like this too! | |
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1/2 way in the cave you see something you just don't see in a cave!! A cat!! (and he's healthy!).. a bat flew by and he went crazy... guess what he's eating?? | ||
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One of the data recorders.... | ||
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Jerry get's the job of getting the data off of it... | Mike can then download the data on a computer and look at long term readings of the cave... | |
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Lots of views of this one bat for the scientists... head on... | Side shot... | Top view... they look healthy here!! |
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Due to recent rains all of the waterfalls and the creek were flowing quite nicely! | The creek overflowed the bridges bring mud onto the cave tour trail... | We're dressed for it....but I kept thinking of someone dressed with nice white Nike tennies and going though this! <grin> |
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Finally near the exit we hit nice size groups | ||
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And no... we're not touching them... we get near so you can see how little they really are! | ||
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Last updated: 2/18/12