H Bat

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A lady came to my house and handed over a tiny, wet bat. She'd found him swimming in 6 inches of water at the bottom of a 200 litre (44gallon) drum.

He's a little forest bat, and judging by his size he's another youngster with a shiny new flying licence.I'll have to weigh him when he dries out, but right now he's 3.5 grams. I guess he'll dry out to 3 grams. He's a little thin but not too thin. A few days dry R&R should have him flying again.

What is it about young bats and water? It must be a combination of the hot days and poor flying skills.

Anyway. H bat needs a name.

Comments

Name?

[tendyl.livejournal.com]

My $0.02 for names..

Hedwig (male)
Hermione (female)

=)

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[acelightning.livejournal.com]

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[fledchen.livejournal.com]

My male budgie is named Hedwig, as he looks a fair bit like Harry's owl, and is macho enough to handle it. :)

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[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Best suggestions so far: Hagrid, Hoggle, Hatchet and Horrible.

[apel.livejournal.com]

Hagrid is a bit rich for a creature weighing only 3 grams, isn't it? How about Harold?

[odiedragon.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I kinda like the irony of it. Tiny fuzzy little Hagrid :)

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

Harvey

[dragonpearl.livejournal.com]

LOL. that was my thought too.

[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

He was in water so...Horatio?

[trickenzie.livejournal.com]

My suggestion would be Hurtle ?

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Horace?
Henry?
Hermione?
Hedwig?
Hulahoop?
Hehehehehehe......

I wonder if bats are willing to chase prey (like a moth for example) over a body of water if inexperienced enough (or just determined).
Oh well, it's just a thought:D.

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

H names, eh?

Hubert...Humphrey....Honk (maybe if they had the ability to do so they wouldn't fall into water? *Giggle*)

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

Horace, one of the gods of Egypt

Of course I'd pick something like that ;)

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

Oh, or (going for geek points here)...

Hugh! Which is what they named the lost borg they found on Star Trek.

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Three Grams?

My commonsence test tells me that the bat weighs as
much as 3 raisins. How big is he in terms of
wing span?

Given that he appears to be a somewhat amphibious bat,
I have to suggest naval aircraft :)

Hornet
Hellcat
Helldiver
Harrier

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

I second Horatio!

Hamlet (To bat, or not to bat.)
Holmes
Harvey
Hiro (Protagonist, one assumes...)

and there's always the Mayan hero of the Underwold, Hunahapu, but that seems like a big name for a teeny little bat to carry around.

Good luck with H-bat!

[http://users.livejournal.com/crossfire_/]

They're probably all thirsty.

As for a name...how about Heru'ur (http://www.kemet.org/glossary/heru-ur.html) (the eldest Egyptian god of the sky).

[wabbitcalif.livejournal.com]

Harold, Henry, Harvey, Hagrid, Helen, Headley, Hank, Herbert, Howard, Hiram, Hershel, Harcourt, Handel (as in "Handel's Messiah"). Whew, how's that!?


(It's too bad we've passed the "D" names already - you could have called him "Di Fladermouse" which is German for "The Bat".)

[(Anonymous)]

Die Fledermaus is the correct spelling. "Die" pronounced as "dee" and "maus" rhymes with "ouch!"

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[wabbitcalif.livejournal.com]

Why thanks! I wasn't sure if I'd spelled it correctly or not; it's been years since I've seen the opera.

[(Anonymous)]

I reckon it's the perfect name for a really vicious bat that bites all the time. :-)

[psaakyrn.livejournal.com]

Hula?