Which Jennings book is this in?
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I just wanted to try the bat shit thingy
Wouldn’t, with more water in the air and less evaporation in Winter, actually mean that a bat would be less likely to split in Winter rather than in the Summer when the wood is more likely to dry out and therefore split?
Winker
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Ahhh, I'll probably forget how to do this
Bats use a lot of energy flying around and must consume a lot of food, such as insects, to fuel their daily activities. When cold weather drives insects away (ie: winter), bats must choose to hunker down and hibernate or migrate to warmer areas with more abundant food supply. Some bat species hibernate, some migrate, and some do both. And in temperate climates, like Florida, bats may be able to stay year round.
Hibernate
Hibernation involves an extreme reduction in metabolic rate, heart rate, and respiratory rate that allows a bat to survive long periods of time without food. A bat's heart rate drops from 200-300 beats per minute to 10 beats per minute, and it may go minutes without taking a breath. The bat's body temperature can also drop to near freezing, depending on the temperature of the bat's surroundings. Other bodily functions also slow down, which reduces energy costs by about 98%. In this state of "torpor," bats are experts in high energy efficiency!
Bats may enter torpor for just a few hours to save energy during a cold day, or they can remain in torpor for up to a month while hibernating over winter. During hibernation, bats cycle through periods of torpor interrupted by brief periods of arousal when their body temperatures return to normal for a few hours. Some species, such as this little brown bat, may hibernate for more than six months waiting for the return of insects in the spring. Bats choose places like caves, mines, rock crevices, and other structures with ideal temperature and humidity for hibernation. Places where bats hibernate are called hibernacula.
Migrate
Many species of bats move between summer and winter habitats. Some search for more abundant food sources in warmer locations, and others seek ideal habitats for hibernating in winter or raising young in summer. Most species that roost in trees, such as hoary bats, migrate south for winter when insects become scarce. In the fall, hundreds of hoary bats from across the U.S. gather along the coasts and in northern Mexico. Mexican free-tailed bats that roost in Carlsbad Caverns during the summer also migrate to Mexico over winter.
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Jennings Goes to School
https://archive.org/details/jennings_202205
I think one of my favourite storylines is from 'According to Jennings' when an unfortunate game of indoor cricket leads to them being banned from going to see Sussex v The MCC at a village ground in Dunhambury, and they end up hitchhiking a lift from R J Findlater, Sussex and England.
Really early then! I reread a handful not long back. Didn't take me long - but I still enjoyed them.
Ooh it’s a corner
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They were great! My fave memory was when Darbyshire thought he was going to miss out on going to the game because he wasn’t actually playing but then Mr Carter(I think) said ‘Scorers can count’, which produced the expected conversation between Jennings and his chum which I found hilarious!
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What fun reading can be
GingerBeerMan
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How do you do it? I can't see because it's blurred..Aha. Many thanks.
So I need to select "Inline Spoiler" - I don't think I'd have found that without your help
