Comments on: Eat Your Heart Out, David Attenborough! http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/ Hanging Out in Tenerife - Tenerife through the eyes of a Scottish expat, mother of two... Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jack Montgomeryhttp://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Jack Montgomery Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:23:26 +0000 http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=351#comment-140 WOW, these are big fellas. I'd be keeping my neck protected by a garland of garlic scarf if I was you!! WOW, these are big fellas. I’d be keeping my neck protected by a garland of garlic scarf if I was you!!

]]> By: Juliehttp://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Julie Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:52:36 +0000 http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=351#comment-139 No poppet, no secret. I am from Cumbernauld which is a glorious example of urban planning near Glasgow.I don't know where you are from but your name doesn't seem Chinese and yet your link goes to a Chinese website. You will understand that as this is a family show I am not that keen to link to sites of unknown content. I do 'dofollow' which I am guessing you have noticed but I also check all links.Have a nice day DDlinker220v ;) No poppet, no secret. I am from Cumbernauld which is a glorious example of urban planning near Glasgow.

I don’t know where you are from but your name doesn’t seem Chinese and yet your link goes to a Chinese website. You will understand that as this is a family show I am not that keen to link to sites of unknown content. I do ‘dofollow’ which I am guessing you have noticed but I also check all links.

Have a nice day DDlinker220v ;)

]]> By: GlenStefhttp://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/comment-page-1/#comment-138 GlenStef Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:03:18 +0000 http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=351#comment-138 Hi, Where are you from? Is it a secret? :)Have a nice day GlenStef Hi,
Where are you from? Is it a secret? :)

Have a nice day
GlenStef

]]> By: Bard of Elyhttp://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Bard of Ely Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:23:50 +0000 http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=351#comment-137 It's a complex issue and a big subject! Who decides what species should live where and what is right and wrong? Animals and plants simply want to live wherever they can.Unfortunately due to humans most areas of the world have animals and plants that did not originate where they now live. Tenerife has a very large proportion of non-endemic species, many of which a lot of people would think were native here but they are not. For example the Monarch Butterfly, Prickly Pear cacti (all species) Century plants (Agave americana), hedgehogs and the Turkish Gecko. Both species of frog and all freshwater fish except for the Eel are also not from the island.The island has been invaded by foreigners for hundreds of years and we have to remember that once upon a time the islands were inhabited by the Guanches. It was a very different place then!In the last century some native species have become extinct or are extremely endangered whilst other non-native plants and animals are widely distributed. It’s a complex issue and a big subject! Who decides what species should live where and what is right and wrong? Animals and plants simply want to live wherever they can.

Unfortunately due to humans most areas of the world have animals and plants that did not originate where they now live. Tenerife has a very large proportion of non-endemic species, many of which a lot of people would think were native here but they are not. For example the Monarch Butterfly, Prickly Pear cacti (all species) Century plants (Agave americana), hedgehogs and the Turkish Gecko. Both species of frog and all freshwater fish except for the Eel are also not from the island.

The island has been invaded by foreigners for hundreds of years and we have to remember that once upon a time the islands were inhabited by the Guanches. It was a very different place then!

In the last century some native species have become extinct or are extremely endangered whilst other non-native plants and animals are widely distributed.

]]> By: Juliehttp://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Julie Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:47:06 +0000 http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=351#comment-136 I have forwarded a link to a bat forum to ask for more info and help with identification though I have half a mind to delete the video as I am fond of the creatures and would not want to be responsible for getting them destroyed. If they are indeed fruit bats how necessary is their removal/extermination removal, do you think, Steve? I have forwarded a link to a bat forum to ask for more info and help with identification though I have half a mind to delete the video as I am fond of the creatures and would not want to be responsible for getting them destroyed. If they are indeed fruit bats how necessary is their removal/extermination removal, do you think, Steve?

]]> By: Bard of Elyhttp://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Bard of Ely Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:57:27 +0000 http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=351#comment-135 I can't be sure what they are. I am no bat expert and have never heard bats as loud as that in the Uk or here. I am used to British bats that have a very high-pitched sound and the Pipistrelle type I have seen here which don't make all that noise.However, if they are big I am wondering if they are the Egyptian fruit bat that got out from Loro Parque and there has been a lot of bad press for as a potential threat to the island's ecology and farming. For further info: http://www.atan.org/en/animales/loroparque/murcielI alos remember seeing in Tenerife News a couple of years back that money had been allocated to exterminate the Egyptian bats. If what you are seeing are some of these then they are some that never got hunted down.Also for a good description of the Egyptian fruit bat see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_fruit_bat I can’t be sure what they are. I am no bat expert and have never heard bats as loud as that in the Uk or here. I am used to British bats that have a very high-pitched sound and the Pipistrelle type I have seen here which don’t make all that noise.

However, if they are big I am wondering if they are the Egyptian fruit bat that got out from Loro Parque and there has been a lot of bad press for as a potential threat to the island’s ecology and farming. For further info: http://www.atan.org/en/animales/loroparque/murciel

I alos remember seeing in Tenerife News a couple of years back that money had been allocated to exterminate the Egyptian bats. If what you are seeing are some of these then they are some that never got hunted down.

Also for a good description of the Egyptian fruit bat see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_fruit_bat

]]> By: Tenerife Tattle » An Old Bat Gets Lucky in Tenerifehttp://www.tenerife-tattle.com/2009/04/eat-your-heart-out-david-attenborough/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Tenerife Tattle » An Old Bat Gets Lucky in Tenerife Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:50:01 +0000 http://www.tenerife-tattle.com/?p=351#comment-134 [...] Added April 14th 2009: I still don’t know if the photograph shows my morning mugger but I did eventually manage to get a little video of the bats early morning antics which at least shows that they are of a significant size. Look at this for batty acrobatics. [...] [...] Added April 14th 2009: I still don’t know if the photograph shows my morning mugger but I did eventually manage to get a little video of the bats early morning antics which at least shows that they are of a significant size. Look at this for batty acrobatics. [...]

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