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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Post deleted by Wordwind #91421 01/14/03 12:55 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Owl Under My Hat #91422 01/14/03 04:48 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK I offer the following from the Staffordshire Bat Group website: "All British bats are protected by the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act. This means that bats and their roosts are protected from harm and interference. This protection is needed because Bats are in decline. Old records of bat numbers show us that bat populations have decreased markedly. For instance, the numbers of the Greater Horseshoe bat have declined by over 90% in the last 100 years. In addition to this, in the year that Staffordshire Bat Group was formed, the Mouse-Eared bat was declared extinct in the UK! The reasons for this decline are loss of suitable roosts and feeding sites." I understand that intensive agriculture practices have also added to the decline by reducing the numbers of suitable insects. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Bat anatomy #91423 02/03/03 01:34 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In looking up descriptions of bats, I encountetered the term "calcar" which might be "keeled" or not. It took me quite a while to find a description of this term. " The hind legs of many bats are partially or completely joined by a membrane, the uropatagium, which also may enclose the bony tail. It is supported by the legs, the tail skeleton, and by the calcar, a special cartilaginous extension of the wrist. The calcar sometimes bears a distinctive projection called a keel. In some species, both the uropatagium and calcar are absent.(the uropatagium is a portion of flight membrane between hind legs and midline.) But if you look at picture in this URL, to your left there is a label "metacarpal" which must = "wrist". http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/media/anat/bat_wings.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,670 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 183 guests, and 19 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,769 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,937 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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