During Halloween weekend I learned that bats can brag that sun shines out their butts. Well, sort of. You see when they leave their caves to feed on our plants and cacti blossoms they bring back the sun's goodness to their dark, dank caves. While hanging out and chattering with their thousands of neighbors, they spackle the cave with guano (bat dung, I guess it has its own special name because it plays a major role in the life of a cave and its critters). The guano contains enough of the sun to nourish those that feed on it, including microscopic plant life. For those of you who don't know, about this time every year my exhusband spends a week in my house. Long story short it means a lot to our sons, but quite frankly
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