things are a little batty here
In Botanic Park, I mean. I was on my way to the Zoo and took a small detour into the park because I like walking across the small bridge....bridges are a favourite thing of mine. I happened to look up and saw what I first thought to be large, oddly shaped pine cones, then one fluttered his wings..... Fruit bats. Or just regular bats, I don't know the difference and since none of them appeared large enough to be Dracula, I wasn't worried. You won't believe how many..... These are in one tree and this is just a few branches, a branch or two on the next tree.... they were this thick on four trees. The Zoo is right next door, so the bats hang around for left over food I suppose, after the animals get their fruit and veg. Bats do eat fruit and veg don't they? Why else are they called fruit bats? For those who might be a little squeamish looking at bats, here is a sculpture to take your mind off them.... I don't know what it is supposed to r...