Maternity colony (bats) of a maternity colony. Predators such as hawks and owls can learn to anticipate the emergence of bats from a specific roost at sunset. Smaller colonies are thought to be less risky than larger colonies, because the nightly emergence of bats would attract less attention. Maternity colony (bats) A maternity colony refers to a temporary association of reproductive female bats for giving birth to, nursing, and weaning their pups. The colonies are initiated by pregnant bats. After giving birth, the colony consists of the lactating females and their offspring. After weaning, juveniles will leave the maternity colony, and the colony
What Are Little Boys Made Of? inspired the "Sophie" comic series, in which a young girl, Sophie Karamazout, is created in the laboratory by Mr. Karamazout. In the 1986 film "Labyrinth", Goblin King Jareth sings a song that mentions "slime and snails, puppy dog tails." In animated television series "", there are two ponies called Snips and Snails who are close friends. In the Ed Wood film "Glen or Glenda", Bela Lugosi infamously proclaims in his narration: "Beware...beware! Beware of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys...puppy dog tails, and big, fat snails. Beware, take care...beware!" List of folk songs