I just got an e-mail from UT about a bat invasion. Austin’s Congress Avenue bridge is home to the largest Mexican free-tailed bat colony in North America (1.5 million) and they’re just now noticing? By the way, if you are in Austin you should visit the bridge at sunset.

   Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and the Office of the Vice President for
Employee and Campus Services (ECS) want to remind you that Austin has a
significant bat population, and though they’re really cute–they are considered
a high-rabies risk species and should NEVER be touched.

If you find a live or dead bat in a building or a live bat that can not fly
outside, please call Environmental Health & Safety’s Animal Make Safe program
at 471-BATS (2287).

Please remember to shut all windows and doors especially in the evening to help
keep bats and other animals from getting into buildings.

For more information about bats on campus, please visit
   http://www.utexas.edu/safety/ehs/bulletin/batsrabies.html

It’s pretty funny that they have a phone number and web site dedicated to the deadly bats.

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