Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. He is approximately 41 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds and has a cranial capacity of a whopping 410 cc (approximately). Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both. Since he spends a lot of time on the couch watching monster movies, some observers question whether he is an obligate biped (although no one has observed him climbing a tree). He also has a blog called 
The BBC has a story about bat, suffering from hunger, who are out foraging in daylight:
Mrs Youngman, who will travel from central Scotland to lead a bats workshop in Strathpeffer Community Centre, near Dingwall, on Thursday, said the first bats of the season were emerging from hibernation.She said: "Down here in the central belt people have found grounded bats which were very weak and very hungry.
"This may be a reflection of last summer and juveniles not getting enough food to build up fat to survive through hibernation."
It gets worse:
In day time bats run the risk of falling prey to other animals and it has been known for them to be mobbed and eaten by crows.
Poor things...
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This is a link about our beloved Congress Avenue Mexican freetail bats. http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=122
Posted by: Jim Thomerson | May 1, 2008 5:16 PM