In the city, they fly along routes that mirror roads

Every evening in Sydney, clouds of bats move across the sky. They time their trip so that there is just too little light to make out anything more than a silhouette – which is just enough light so that you can see, very clearly, the outlines of their legs and feet knocking together – an entrechat – as they flap their wings.

I’m not sure that I will ever stop having the exact same thought about this: “Oh my God, you can see their feet knocking together. Oh my God.”

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Fines, fury and backbench panic: how political chaos followed Johnson to India

The prime minister returned from his trade mission to news he may…

Kent council fined after mother and son left to live in tent in pandemic

Medway council missed five chances to help family despite being informed they…

Ministers urged to delay mandatory Covid jabs for NHS staff in England

Plans to bring in vaccine mandate from 3 February would create ‘staffing…