Tuesday 22 September 2009

Squirrel vs fruit bat

It's one of those great unanswered questions we've all asked ourselves. If a squirrel got into a fight with a fruit bat, which one would win? Now, thanks the BBC, we can stop losing sleep over that one - the squirrel would totally kick the bat's ass:

A squirrel has been seen attempting to savage a fruit bat to death....

"It became apparent that there was an altercation happening between the squirrel and the bat, something I'd never seen before or ever heard of."

"The squirrel had the bat in its mouth, or it was at least biting it, and then the bat went quiet for a while and then starting flapping its wings again."

"The second time it started vocalising and flapping, the squirrel released it and the bat fell out of the tree and literally fell into these small saplings right above my head, and ultimately to my feet...."

"The bat was injured and damaged in very specific places. This is pure speculation, but it's almost as if the squirrel was seeking to maim the bat in some way. Maim it or kill it such that it couldn't fly."

Mental. Read the full, shocking story here. Why a squirrel would behave in such an antisocial way, I can't say, although I wouldn't be surprised to discover that the rodent in question had been wearing a tiny England shirt and was last seen urinating into a shop doorway.

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