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TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2013, 01:46 AM Mar 2013

How the hell does a bat find its way into a running washing machine? [View all]

I just pulled a load of wash out of the machine and out fell a dead bat. I picked it up with a pair of gripper tongs ( I'm not taking any chances with those disease-ridden rats with wings) and chucked it outside. But still. WHY? Was something off with its echolocation, was it deaf? Stupid? Rabid? Suicidal?

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How the hell does a bat find its way into a running washing machine? [View all] TheMightyFavog Mar 2013 OP

Ick! love_katz Mar 2013 #1

Laundry area's in the basement. TheMightyFavog Mar 2013 #3

Eeew! tblue Mar 2013 #2

1. I don't think so. I was washing regular clothes, and no kids. TheMightyFavog Mar 2013 #4

have Bella and Edward been spotted nearby ? olddots Mar 2013 #5

We had a mouse survive the washing machine cycle once. pengillian101 Mar 2013 #6

I would've been REALLY impressed if it survived the dryer--on high heat! lastlib Mar 2013 #20

It was in there already? pokerfan Mar 2013 #7

It didn't fly out when I dumped the clothes in. TheMightyFavog Mar 2013 #12

I think it was in there before the clothes went in. MADem Mar 2013 #24

It may be time to forgo wearing your bat broaches pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #8

Maybe the bat was napping in the dirty laundry. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14

Which is prcisely my point pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #15

Point, counterpoint! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #16

My hat's off to you pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #17

already in the laundry, RILib Mar 2013 #23

Probably looking for water before you dumped the clothes in n/t Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #9

The bat was most certainly dead. TheMightyFavog Mar 2013 #10

Suicide? Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #11

Baticide pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #13

Bats aren't rats - Bats are of the order Chiroptera, not Rodetia talkingmime Mar 2013 #18

Sonar??!? lastlib Mar 2013 #19

I admire your bladder & colonic control irisblue Mar 2013 #21

I had better luck. texanwitch Mar 2013 #22