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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=343263322-13082004></SPAN>W<SPAN
class=343263322-13082004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>ayne, interesting
to hear that in your part of the world people feel the same,
viz.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=343263322-13082004>that
the bat is so special that it does not fit a category like "bird". Strictly
speaking</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=343263322-13082004>it does
not fulfill a number of scientific criteria of "birdiness,
like</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=343263322-13082004>it does
not have a beak and does not lay eggs. BUT it flies. So it is
not</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=343263322-13082004>surprizing that in other cultures and languages it is
classified under "birds,"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=343263322-13082004>as some
of the answers to the question "What is a bat?" have shown.
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=343263322-13082004>Another
characteristic: Why don't bats like to live alone?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=343263322-13082004>
They like to hang around with their friends.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=343263322-13082004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=343263322-13082004>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
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<DIV><TT>Fritz, the Cheyennes have the same story about a bat wondering in
which<BR>category he belongs. He is rejected by both birds and animals, so that
is<BR>why he hides out in the dark. It is amazing to me how often a story is
found<BR>in many different parts of the world.<BR><BR>As for a Cheyenne word for
bat, one is not well known, but in the old story<BR>the word is
moseskanetsenoonahe, literally
'brownish-colored-winged-one".<BR><BR>Wayne<BR>-----<BR>Wayne Leman<BR>Cheyenne
website: <A
href="http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language">http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language</A><BR></TT><TT></TT><BR></DIV><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
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