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March 18, 2009

You Know, When I Saw This Article...

...My first thought was of that squirrel from the Bridgestone Tire commercial

Bat Boy's last moments

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- A bat that apparently had trouble flying instead tried to hitch a ride on the space shuttle Discovery, NASA officials said.

The free tail bat was last seen clinging to the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank just before launch.

The rodent was last seen clinging on the foam of the external tank of the space shuttle moments before the Discovery launched, officials said.

NASA officials had hoped the bat would fly away on its own, but admitted the bat probably died quickly during Discovery's climb into orbit.

I'm sure PETA will start a campaign to get NASA to protect bats...

Update: Sigh. The problem with having a co-blogger and not checking the other entries before hitting post...

Posted by Mr. Bingley at March 18, 2009 09:05 AM

Comments

Yours is better.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 18, 2009 09:14 AM

I think it's cool how you each had different perspectives on the same story :).

Posted by: Julie at March 18, 2009 09:18 AM

But you had a cool photo, Sis. And mmmmmmmm......fried bat!

Posted by: JeffS at March 18, 2009 09:27 AM

You're both very kind. But Bingley had a SQUIRREL.

I can't compete.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 18, 2009 09:57 AM

I think the squirrel voted for Obama and just realized how completely screwed he is.

Posted by: nightfly at March 18, 2009 12:31 PM

The expression WAS familiar, come to think of it, Diptera.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 18, 2009 04:23 PM

At least in the old SUPERFREINDS cartoons BAMAN and ROBIN had the BAT ROCKET

Posted by: Flu-Bird at April 23, 2009 02:13 AM