Bats....I interned at a Museum a few summers ago that had female bats on the 
fourth floor (covering everything with guano) and the male bats ruled the 
first floor which also was the exhibit space.  They often set the motion 
alarms off and employees would often find the space covered with urine in 
the morning.  At another place we were bringing boxes down out of the attic 
space and a baby bat fell out of a box.  The gentleman that I was working 
with caught it and actually put it back into the attic space.  He didn't 
have the heart to kill it.

I think I prefer to stick with the dermestids and maybe even the silverfish 
we have here!!!


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M. Fortier
Museum Registrar
Vermont
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>From: "Wilson, Jeanni MS" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: From lost artifacts to Squirrels in the library!
>Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:15:57 -0600
>
>Humm....
>Bats . . .  now I can relate to that.  We spent over 30 minutes chasing a
>little bat out of our museum (MANSCEN Museum Complex, home of the US Army
>Engineer Museum, US Army Chemical Corps Museum, US Army Military Police
>Museum, and the Fort Leonard Wood Museum) a few years ago.  He got into the
>museum, then found his way into the dark gallery spaces and flew around for
>a bit.  He finally came back out into the light and settled into the large
>empty - except for the chairs - Engineer Regimental Room.  We had to open
>the four doors leading onto the patio to finally get him to fly out.  Was a
>funny site!
>Jeanni Wilson
>US Army Military Police Museum
>Fort Leonard Wood, MO
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Lewias [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:37 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: From lost artifacts to Squirrels in the library!
>
>
>Hmm....
>That squirrel must of thought you were a bit "nutty"   *grin!*
>
>. . . I've got "bats in the belfry" (or so my colleagues all say) where 
>does
>that score on the museum fun factor?
>
>- David -
>David Lewis, Curator
>Aurora Regional Fire Museum
>www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org <http://www.auroraregionalfiremuseum.org/>
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