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Large cages (think Astrodome large) where struggling insectologists
(or
whatever scientists who study bugs are called) can take classes to
learn
the art of Batting. That is, using trained bats to fetch specific insect
species. They say bats are highly intelligent, and that their sonar can
distinguish
specific
types of bugs. There have been countless
experiments to train them to distinguish different sounds and even
to
deliver bombs. So there's no reason they can't be taught to catch
specific types of bugs, and bring them back to their handler for a
reward. Bulldog bats can be trained to do your fishing for you.
Batting. Like falconing, only with bats. Guaranteed to find a
dedicated following among vampire buffs, especially given the huge
popularity of the Twilight and Underworld movies.
Bulldog Bats: they prey on fish!
http://www.conorbuckner.us/bu.html
[21 Quest, Dec 04 2009]
Bats with Bombs!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
[21 Quest, Dec 05 2009]
Fishing with Cormorants
http://en.wikipedia...i/Cormorant_fishing
They use cormorants to fish already but I don't believe they can distinguish between fish. [Aristotle, Dec 06 2009]
the biggest
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vleerhonden
sorry in dutch [zeno, Dec 07 2009]
battology
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battology
Pointless repetition. [DrBob, Dec 07 2009]
batology
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batology
The study of brambles. [DrBob, Dec 07 2009]
Batting art.
http://ecx.images-a...GBALpSL._SS500_.jpg
Classy. [DrBob, Dec 07 2009]
bat slap
http://www.youtube....watch?v=j9ja6rMKLw0
[jaksplat, Dec 07 2009]
[link]
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// So there's no reason they can't be taught to catch specific types of bugs //
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That seems like quite a leap. |
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If they can learn to identify specific bugs, and they can learn to
deliver objects to places, then they can learn to deliver specific
bugs. It's only logical. Even if they can't actually learn it, you'd
make a killing selling spots in a class to try to teach them to. |
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Like a great big bag o' bugs. |
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//insectologists (or whatever scientists who study bugs are called)// entomologists. |
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So...not a Tolkien botanist at all? |
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//deliver bombs// Link me, already. |
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actually if you work that much with bats you are a chiropterist. |
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//Batting. Like falconing//
should be called "battery," really, by analogy with
"falconry"
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//to catch specific types of bugs and bring them back to
their handler//
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I'm not sure bats actually *catch* insects. I think they
swallow them in midair. So the handler'll get his bugs in
the form of turds.
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I could still see this as a sport, but it'd
have an awfully dull denoument: you'd wait a few hours,
and then examine the feces under a microscope to
determine whether your bat had caught its prey. Rather
like old-style "dry" foil fencing, where each flurry of
activity would be followed by a tedious debate over
whether a point had been scored. |
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[+] for The Count hunting with a bat... could work for nocturnal pirates too. |
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//a pathetic and contrived idea, yet still more entertaining than cricket.//
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Totally [Marked-for-Tagline]. |
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I'll let others point out the drawbacks.
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I've been studying falconry and following some falconer's blogs.
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You know my sense of the absurd - I have tried to convince them that we should train pelicans to fish and teach seagulls and crows to steal wallets. We have discussed the boredom of training a vulture.
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Cormorants are already used to fish (see link) but
note how they are fitted with a ring to stop them
swallowing fish whole. This strategy wouldn't work on
bats, for a variety of reasons, but this is not to say
that this isn't impossible. |
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//this is not to say that this isn't impossible.//
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How very eloquent. And [Marked-for-Tagline] |
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getting the bat to recognize a specific species of
insect is the easy part. the hard part is getting the
bat to not eat the insect. |
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How about a bat that retrieves bulldogs, that would be pretty cool. |
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Is somebody doing taglines? |
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Rayford, I don't think anybody's keeping a list on the 'Bakery.
After UB self-deleted the (mostly) Lame post, I posted a copycat
idea, after copy/pasting all the content from a cached copy of
the original into the new post, but Jutta made me delete it. I do
have a copy saved as a Word document in Google Docs. If you
want a copy, or if you want to collaborate with me on keeping it
going until the original gets reinstated, let me know. Great thing
about Google Docs is multiple people can make edits and
additions to one copy, so it keeps things neat. |
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