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What's your houses equivalent of a poop knife. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't mean what you use to chop down your feces, but an object that you realized only your family has and people would raise their eyebrows at. Best if said object has a sole purpose.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My parents' old place had the bat towels and the bat box.

Bats would hang out in our garden eating bugs and such. But they'd sometimes get confused, flop into the house, and get stuck. We live in a third world country, there isn't some organization we can call to properly care for the bats, but we're not stupid and we know that handling a wild animal is bad for us and the critter.

So. Old beat up towels. Toss one on the floor next to the crawling bat. It'll cling to it. Lift the towel from a distance. Gently drop it in the box. Put the box next to a tree. Bat will find the tree and find its way home.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I like this. Beats a poop knife any day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Awe, and it's so respectful to the bats, too; it's sweet to hear.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Bats are babeys

And they keep the dengue fever away.