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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The crazyness content of batshit is vastly exaggerated

"During study of the cave-adapted plethodontid Eurycea spelaea (until recently given its own genus, Typhlotriton), Fenolio et al. (2006) repeatedly observed salamander larvae ingesting bat guano. Yes, bat shit. Adult cave salamanders were observed foraging on guano piles, though weren't seen to eat the stuff.
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"Furthermore, bat poo is - comparatively - quite nutritious and similar in protein content and calorific value to the McDonald's Corporation Big Mac sandwich Fenolio et al. (2006) compared it with."
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8 comments:

  1. ckc (not kc)May 18, 2010 at 10:13 PM

    Depending upon the subspecies in question, there can be normal gilled adults, cannibalistic gilled adults, normal transformed adults, cannibalistic transformed adults, large transformed adults and small transformed adults.

    ...I think I know one of those cannibalistic transformed adults - fortunately he can be distracted by a bag of batshit

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  2. SnagMay 18, 2010 at 10:17 PM

    A Guano with Cheese, please, and Supersize me.

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  3. ckc (not kc)May 18, 2010 at 10:20 PM

    ...small slivers of glass are (comparatively) "quite" nutritious - of this I am (comparatively) "quite" convincec

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  4. ckc (not kc)May 18, 2010 at 10:20 PM

    c=d

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  5. Smut ClydeMay 18, 2010 at 11:39 PM

    there can be normal gilled adults, cannibalistic gilled adults,...

    We are left to infer that cannibalism is not normal.
    Now they tell me.

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  6. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©May 19, 2010 at 5:16 AM

    C.H.U.D.

    P.S. W.V.: clonism
    ~

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  7. Big Bad Bald BastardMay 19, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    Sloths, salamanders... coprophagy seems to be all the rage these days.

    POOP!

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  8. Smut ClydeMay 19, 2010 at 10:15 PM

    On certain other blogs, coprophagy was all the rage way back last November.

    Batfly!

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