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[Alexis Machine]

I've been watching documentaries lately.

Little Big Dreams is about children put through brutal training at China's Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastic School. Between the crying, the one coach taking a swipe at a kid with a staff, one of the boys looking like a stressed out middle aged man, and the sheer amount of pressure on the kids is depressing.

Wisconsin Death Trip , is about a town that went crazy in the nineteenth century. I want John Waters to make a miniseries about this.

Painted Babies (1995) and Painted Babies At 17 (2008) is about two child beauty contetstants.

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Must leave this thread immediately, no falling down a YouTube rabbit hole for me today I have to work (sob) because yesterday was crap!
Id prefer to fall down a YouTube rabbit hole today.

[kostgard]

Since it is Bat Appreciation Day, I will confess my YouTube obsession/stress relief for the last several months has been watching ladies in Australia rescue flying foxes.

I used to think bats were gross. Then I was like, “Well, the flying foxes are cute from the neck up.” Now I’m like, “They are adorable sky puppies who are perfect from head to toe.”

I mean, the babies suck on pacifiers!

Look at this baby run to his “mum” because it’s lunch time!

And look at this one angrily stuff her face with banana until her cheeks nearly explode, and then looks offended when the human laughs at her.

And these ladies who care for geriatric bats who can no longer fly, so they “fly” them back to their cages at night. Where they lie on slings (because their arthritic feet make it hard for them to hang) and adorably eat fruit.

[eclair]

Apr 17, 2018 22:14:12 GMT -4 kostgard said:

Since it is Bat Appreciation Day, I will confess my YouTube obsession/stress relief for the last several months has been watching ladies in Australia rescue flying foxes.

I used to think bats were gross. Then I was like, “Well, the flying foxes are cute from the neck up.” Now I’m like, “They are adorable sky puppies who who are perfect from head to toe.”

I mean, the babies suck on pacifiers!

Look at this baby run to his “mum” because it’s lunch time!

And look at this one angrily stuff her face with banana until her cheeks nearly explode, and then looks offended when the human laughs at her.

And these ladies who care for geriatric bats who can no longer fly, so they “fly” them back to their cages at night. Where they lie on slings because their arthritic feet make it hard for them to hang, and adorably eat fruit.

I love Megabattie! I love Walter! I didn't know today is bat appreciation day. youngsters on dressing gown Here is one of my favorite clips. They put nail polish on the bats' nails so they can tell them apart. There is a new dressing gown and four freshly fed juveniles. Why not nap in a pocket, hanging upside down as bats do, with just the polished toenails visible on the outside? It's the polish on the nails that just kills me. One of the babies wets herself while hanging out in the pocket, so there is a follow up clip of a confused youngster getting a bath. I want to be Walter in my old age.

[kostgard]

Apr 17, 2018 23:34:25 GMT -4 eclair said:

Apr 17, 2018 22:14:12 GMT -4 kostgard said:

Since it is Bat Appreciation Day, I will confess my YouTube obsession/stress relief for the last several months has been watching ladies in Australia rescue flying foxes.

I used to think bats were gross. Then I was like, “Well, the flying foxes are cute from the neck up.” Now I’m like, “They are adorable sky puppies who who are perfect from head to toe.”

I mean, the babies suck on pacifiers!

Look at this baby run to his “mum” because it’s lunch time!

And look at this one angrily stuff her face with banana until her cheeks nearly explode, and then looks offended when the human laughs at her.

And these ladies who care for geriatric bats who can no longer fly, so they “fly” them back to their cages at night. Where they lie on slings because their arthritic feet make it hard for them to hang, and adorably eat fruit.

I love Megabattie! I love Walter! I didn't know today is bat appreciation day. youngsters on dressing gown Here is one of my favorite clips. They put nail polish on the bats' nails so they can tell them apart. There is a new dressing gown and four freshly fed juveniles. Why not nap in a pocket, hanging upside down as bats do, with just the polished toenails visible on the outside? It's the polish on the nails that just kills me. One of the babies wets herself while hanging out in the pocket, so there is a follow up clip of a confused youngster getting a bath. I want to be Walter in my old age.

I love Walter too! He’s living the good life in retirement. He’s a cranky old fart sometimes, but there are also videos where he’s letting a little baby orphan snuggle up and nap next to him. I also love this clip of the oldsters napping and Teddy’s weird, squishy-sounding snoring.

Megabattie was my entry point to the obsession (and I’m so glad she has two recent rescues who are thriving - Westie and Zeus - since so many of her recent rescues have been bats she had to euthanize). I’ve also followed Batzilla the Bat and Batusi Nights (who has one of my favorite clips of her crew of bats who have hit their “teens” and are turning into holy terrors) - they are more carers than rescuers and have aviaries. Then I think Janine Davies works directly with Walter and his crew.

[eclair]

Yes, Walter helps the babies learn how to bat. If they end up on the floor of the enclosures, he comes down to see that they get back up.

He's toothless at this point, but will let Teddy know that he's still one for the ladies, and Teddy better not try to take his women. And he manages to eat apples.

[kostgard]

Apr 18, 2018 8:15:20 GMT -4 eclair said:

Yes, Walter helps the babies learn how to bat. If they end up on the floor of the enclosures, he comes down to see that they get back up.

He's toothless at this point, but will let Teddy know that he's still one for the ladies, and Teddy better not try to take his women. And he manages to eat apples.

Yeah, Walter loves him some ladies. Another favorite clip is where one of the carers interrupts Walter while he’s trying to have sexy-fun times with a lady bat and he gives her a LONG and loud earful about it.

No, I’m not obsessed with the lives of these bats. Not at all.

[eclair]

Man serenades his cattle on trombone (Lorde, Royals)

Also around that part of Youtube, squirrel tries to get up oiled pole to bird feeder.

Enjoy!

[Alexis Machine]

OMG Network has VH1 reality shows like Flavor and Rock of Love.

Road Rage In America - Best Of The Year

Tesco parking lot melee

When the music video doesn't match the song

[Babycakes]

Dec 31, 2018 14:04:19 GMT -4 Alexis Machine said:

Road Rage In America - Best Of The Year

I discovered this one by accident the other night, and stayed up past dawn watching related videos. It makes you never want to leave the house again. It was frightening how many times guns made an appearance in those incidents. It also made me consider getting a dashcam for my own car.