The New Polar Bears
The Times - Flying foxes fall prey to Earth’s rising temperature
Flying foxes have been dropping off trees and dying in droves because of the effects of climate change, researchers say.
They mean bats. Bats, unfortunately, are unlikely to bring small school children to tears. However! They managed to ban hunting with hounds because of cute little foxes so, voilà! Bats = “flying foxes”!
(Yes, I’ve heard them called that before. But no, it isn’t exactly headline-common.)
November 28th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
I can’t believe you missed this one that cries out to save Tuvalu!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/24/wuganda124.xml
November 28th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Maybe the undersea bubble city’s time has finally come.
November 29th, 2007 at 8:00 am
More akin to flying rats if you ask me.
November 29th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Oh I dunno, I think we’ve covered Tuvalu fairly extensively here at ninme already.