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cchris · 05-07-2004, 06:26 PM

The pictures below don't do justice to what this little guy went through so bear with me for awhile whilst I explain his journey.

I work for a rather large transport company and have seen many a strange sight,but this takes the cake.
The bat hanging around underneath this trailer is one very lucky flying fox bat.(A juvenile to boot,not quite fully grown yet).
You see,one of our drivers had returned to the yard and uncoupled his prime mover from the trailer itself.It was then,once he got out of the cab that he noticed our little friend here.
Odd to say the least.
The kicker is though that our driver had just returned from a place called Wollongong which is about 100 kilometres down the coast.
Apparently what has happened is upon arrival down there in the early hours of the morning he uncoupled the trailer whilst his freight was unloaded and when re engaging in the dark he did not see our friend had decided to take up residence.
Now we have worked out that the turntable (that is covered with grease to allow the pin of the trailer to lock shut) has slid into place but has caught his right wing and wedged him between the base of the truck and the turntable trapping him for what could only be described(in Bat terms I suppose)as the fucking ride of a lifetime.
Not much traffic on the road at 5 AM so it would be full noise back up the sweeping highway to Sydney wth an empty load.
Anyway to cut a long story short I had to get all my staff outta the way and stop them geeking at him and just in case he lashed out.The poor fella must have been scared witless as well.
You should have seen the looks on their faces.Anyone who came close got eyeballed by this guy.He just hung there and moved his head around watching every move we made.
They all fucked off in a hurry when I told them about tetnus shots and rabi's vaccines.
I phoned WIRES Wildlife Information & Rescue Service,and an hour later two volunteers came and cleaned him up a bit,put him in a cage and then back to their home to nurse him back to health.

Covered in grease,broken wing but he will be OK.
Many thanks to the rescuers and indeed WIRES for a service that often goes unnoticed.

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05-07-2004, 06:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	Now here's something you don't see everyday. The pictures below don't do justice to what this little guy went through so bear with me for awhile whilst I explain his journey. I work for a rather large transport company and have seen many a strange sight,but this takes the cake. The bat hanging around underneath this trailer is one very lucky flying fox bat.(A juvenile to boot,not quite fully grown yet). You see,one of our drivers had returned to the yard and uncoupled his prime mover from the trailer itself.It was then,once he got out of the cab that he noticed our little friend here. Odd to say the least. The kicker is though that our driver had just returned from a place called Wollongong which is about 100 kilometres down the coast. Apparently what has happened is upon arrival down there in the early hours of the morning he uncoupled the trailer whilst his freight was unloaded and when re engaging in the dark he did not see our friend had decided to take up residence. Now we have worked out that the turntable (that is covered with grease to allow the pin of the trailer to lock shut) has slid into place but has caught his right wing and wedged him between the base of the truck and the turntable trapping him for what could only be described(in Bat terms I suppose)as the fucking ride of a lifetime. Not much traffic on the road at 5 AM so it would be full noise back up the sweeping highway to Sydney wth an empty load. Anyway to cut a long story short I had to get all my staff outta the way and stop them geeking at him and just in case he lashed out.The poor fella must have been scared witless as well. You should have seen the looks on their faces.Anyone who came close got eyeballed by this guy.He just hung there and moved his head around watching every move we made. They all fucked off in a hurry when I told them about tetnus shots and rabi's vaccines. I phoned WIRES Wildlife Information & Rescue Service,and an hour later two volunteers came and cleaned him up a bit,put him in a cage and then back to their home to nurse him back to health. Covered in grease,broken wing but he will be OK. Many thanks to the rescuers and indeed WIRES for a service that often goes unnoticed. (Pics deleted) Need bandwidth. __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery Last edited by cchris; 06-11-2004 at 05:17 PM..