it was a old truck and would drag the starter the first turn. thats probably the only thing that kept him from being all over the engine...

 

Good grief!! I’m gonna definitely check it. The squirrels at my parents place are huge and would probably make it to the grid heater.
Probably wouldn’t have bothered a CAT engine but our Cummins are a little bit finicky.

 

Poor little critter. Sorry for your misfortune, and I'm surprised you didn't mention the bird poop didn't damage the clear coat.

 

They are all out to get me.... In CA I have to deal with spiders, snakes, rats and squirrels that are all out to disable my truck and kill me. Up here its bears, moose, hornets and now the bats are back.
I am a nice guy!!! I don't deserve it.
Tonight I winterized the lawn mower and weed wacker, go to put them in the back shed and get bombarded by bats.
Most people dont think we have bats up here but we do!!!!
Yeah, I know the picture makes this brown bat look really small but I swear they have at least a four foot wing span and shreek like a teradactyl when they are flying around your head.
I do a modified snake dance when bats are swirling around me. Instead of getting both feet off the ground and keeping them there I intentionally yell at them while waving my arms in a circular motion and deliberately raise my voice several octaves in a carefully choreographed movement designed to put them at ease while I vacate the area so they can leave without disturbing them too much.

 

I suspect you actually do get both feet off the ground at the same time and there in lies the problem. To them, you now look like a big bat kibble. What really surprises me is with the obvious attraction wildlife has to you that you haven't chosen to open a petting zoo in the shed.

 

If those poor little creatures have one little itty bitty little bat hair harmed on their little bat head I'm gonna call PETA(people for the eating of tasty animals) to assist you.Or,if they were in the attic you could have bats in your belfry.

 

Geez, just unlatch the floor, tilt the house back and let the little guy out. Or maybe do that first...

Good thing that bat wasn't hungry... Bark - the other white meat!!!

 

There is a large porcupine living under the other shed. Wonder if you can pet them?

A squirrel had pried the bird block off the attic and was living up there. I am smart and nailed a rat trap w peanut butter next to the hole. The next day there was a dead peanut butter loving Northern Flicker in it.

I dont know how they get in. Its like they can go through walls or something.

 

WE have to have video for this !

 

I agree!! Bark it is your civic duty to make an instructional video for those of us who may encounter these ferocious creatures.

 

I should invest in a video camera since they are so cheap nowadays. Perhaps I should also buy one of those helmet cams for recording some of my better moments. It would have to be water proof so I can demonstrate the proper way of getting out of small boats.

 

I can't believe you haven't done that already. BTW, just how many helmets have you gone through so far?

 

don't forget the camera that sticks out in front of you and shows your face...

Errr wait a second...

 

Hey!! Pictures like that--what are you trying to do, get me banned?