Batty

The ignorance of some people about the natural world can never be over-estimated. It is reported, from Australia, that people are very fearful of flying foxes (fruit-eating bats) that are coming into the cities (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/09/fear-of-flying-foxes-coronavirus-is-topping-off-a-bad-year-for-australias-bats). The starving bats are forced into urban locations by bush-fires and destruction of their habitats, as human populations expand into new areas. In addition to complaints about their noise, mess and smell, people now associate them with the Covid-19 pandemic. They are the wrong kinds of bats!