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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Dead? All they have to do is crawl up on something. They are tenacious crawlers. I had a Brown bat living in the bottom of a tall urn on my porch. When he went on the hunt I assume he crawled to the top and then took off.
At least some bat species can take off from the ground. I once saw a video of a bat taking off vertically. I'll try to find it and post it here.
Here it is:
How Bats Take Flight, Revealed by X-Ray - The Atlantic |
Yup. Mom had one get in the house and it was on the entrance floor. Before she could do anything it flew off. She later found it on a glue board for mice.
She is paranoid about mice and bats. She has been bitten by both and rabies shots are no fun.