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[-] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Local bat very enthusiastic about this

[-] anubis119@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago
[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 16 hours ago

I came here to say “Shakaka!”🧎‍♂️

[-] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 19 points 22 hours ago

this should have pictures of the shit, not of the bat...

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

I saw it at Bracken cave, they had a jar with it. I wouldn’t say it’s super sparkly, more like it has a cool sheen to it. Like dark eyeshadow with some glow or something.

[-] Emmie@lemm.ee 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Ay high quality bat poop picture. Perfect addition to lemmy.world admin HDD. Do you have other angles?

[-] Buttermilk@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago

This is the poop of a killer, Bella

[-] Bunbury@feddit.nl 1 points 9 hours ago

This comment just made my week.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago
[-] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

There’s your answer fish-bulb.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

God, pre-platypus:
Hmm, what about a ferret with a moth?

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Bats also have explosive poop. The crystals in bat poop make for great fireworks and gunpowder

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

True story! In Bracken cave with millions of bats, they used to mine for guano to supply the confederacy with gunpowder. Got to see it last summer.

[-] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 1 points 15 hours ago

I, too, have seen Doctor Stone

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

I haven't. Should give it a watch I guess.

[-] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 1 points 7 hours ago

if your need more convincing and don't mind mild spoilers,The ability to make gunpowder from bat poo is recognised as dangerous by the antagonist, so he tries to keep the protagonist (who knows how to make guns) away from access to bat poo. The protagonist exploits this to gain the upper hand. Because there are military technologies far more dangerous than guns that he knows how to create, and misleading his enemy can only help.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Thanks. It's on my queue now.

I found the bat facts when I was looking up the history of fireworks.

[-] Sinatra@lemmings.world 1 points 19 hours ago
[-] blackberry@midwest.social 1 points 22 hours ago
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