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Thousands of flying foxes fall from sky after being ‘boiled alive’ in sweltering Australia heatwave
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| Updated: 8th January 2018, 12:44 pm
| By Sam Webb
Posted on 01/08/2018 10:46:43 AM PST by Red Badger
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A local animal charity posted these pictures of the dead flying foxes...........B^(
To: Red Badger
THOUSANDS of flying foxes died in an Australian heatwave so severe it has melted tarmac.
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Did you say thousands of fruit bats?
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:49:15 AM PST
by
a little elbow grease
(I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.)
To: Red Badger
are they saying it never happened before Global Warming ?
To: Red Badger
windmills probably kill more animals than that every day.
To: butlerweave
I’m sure they want to imply that.
Not unlike the recent cold snap in the US, in which the media lamented frozen sharks being found off the coast of New England. As if that had never happened before in all of Earth’s history.
To: Red Badger
Isn’t a flying fox just a bat with an agent?
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:52:20 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: Red Badger
I think they may be using the word “boiled” incorrectly.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:53:17 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
To: Red Badger
I saw it was 117 degrees F. near Sydney the other day.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:54:38 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis & other Totalitarians: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
At least its not a sharknado. Those are dangerous
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:54:54 AM PST
by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: WayneS
Ding. Ding. Ding. We’ve got today’s winner, ladies and gentlemen.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:55:04 AM PST
by
j.havenfarm
( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
To: a little elbow grease
40C is only 104F. Really hot but not unusual for places in the SW US.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:55:05 AM PST
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brianr10
To: Red Badger
40 degrees C is like 104 F
To: ClearCase_guy
I think so too.
Water boils at 100 degrees C, which is significantly higher than 40 degrees C.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:56:01 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: TexasFreeper2009
It's
raining iguanas in Florida.
First lizards, now it's raining bats. Who said that Climate Change wouldn't cause strange weather?
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:56:17 AM PST
by
wbill
To: brianr10
or South Eastern Washington!
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:57:03 AM PST
by
shotgun
To: brianr10
Back around 1965, eastern Washington got over 120 IIRC.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:57:10 AM PST
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm male.)
To: dsrtsage
I’ve never experienced one myself, but I’ve heard bad things about them...
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:57:34 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: Red Badger
If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
Those critters must have been living on the highest mountain in Australia, nay, the world, if water boils at 40° C.
That is 104 Fahrenheit to those living in Rio Linda — warm but not particularly special in the good ol' USA.
To: Red Badger
Uh, boiling occurs at 100C.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:57:42 AM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
To: Red Badger
Sad story and I hate to see animals suffering, but 40 C is about 104 F which doesn’t seem all that hot. Of course I live in Texas.
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posted on
01/08/2018 10:57:44 AM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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