Uhaul unveils MO Red Bat graphics

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Uhaul unveils MO Red Bat graphics

Postby cavergirl » Apr 23, 2012 12:15 pm

During the First-Ever Missouri Bat Festival, Red Bats Will Officially Take Flight on the Sides of 1, 900 U-Haul Moving Vans!

http://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/744 ... ling-Event

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Re: Uhaul unveils MO Red Bat graphics

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Re: Uhaul unveils MO Red Bat graphics

Postby Cheryl Jones » Apr 23, 2012 6:34 pm

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Re: Uhaul unveils MO Red Bat graphics

Postby Smells_Familiar » Apr 23, 2012 10:46 pm

This is actually super cool, or "super tool" as one of my best friend's brothers would say (can't pronounce his "c"s)!
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Re: Uhaul unveils MO Red Bat graphics

Postby driggs » Apr 24, 2012 9:47 am

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I saw one of these U-Hauls "in the wild" in Fairmont WV last week and did a double-take. I chuckled when I saw that they used a Red Bat (which is a tree bat, not a cave bat) alongside Onondaga Cave State Park, but I see that they're at least honest with their justification:

While all microbats echolocate, the Red Bat's reputation is that of the cutest, friendliest-looking bat, which is why its species is a good fit in representing the Missouri SuperGraphic, and also because some red bats call the trees in and around Onondaga Cave State Park in Leesburg, Missouri, home.


Does that make the Red the "Show Me Bat"?

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Re: Uhaul unveils MO Red Bat graphics

Postby wyandottecaver » Apr 24, 2012 4:39 pm

obviously they have never HANDLED a Red Bat. Cute they are. friendly, not so much. They are also one of the very few bats in the midwest that have teeth sufficient enough to HURT. :big grin:
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