bristolgeoff Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 they did a good job to save the boys,they will be ok soon and out and about in chiang rai soon enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 2 hours ago, animalmagic said: I am not on expert on bats but it would seem logical that bats would not populate a cave that is cut off from the outside world for periods of weeks or months. From what I have observed they go out to feed every night. The entire cave was not cut off. The entrance was not flooded up to the roof line, at least not from what I saw. The openings to the cave were pretty large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalmagic Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 2 hours ago, gk10002000 said: The entire cave was not cut off. The entrance was not flooded up to the roof line, at least not from what I saw. The openings to the cave were pretty large. I have not been in the caves, nor do I wish to. I was simply pointing out that, from all diagrams, schematics, video footage and reports from those who ventured in to find them it seems that sections of the access route were completely underwater; therefore not usable by bats. Estimates of the boys' refuge cave position said it was 4-5 kilometres from the entrance and I again would surmise not somewhere that the bats would seek out for nesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattd Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 5 hours ago, gk10002000 said: The entire cave was not cut off. The entrance was not flooded up to the roof line, at least not from what I saw. The openings to the cave were pretty large. Agreed, but why would bats go km's in to the caves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 8 hours ago, animalmagic said: I am not on expert on bats but it would seem logical that bats would not populate a cave that is cut off from the outside world for periods of weeks or months. From what I have observed they go out to feed every night. They are small enough to come and go through tiny inaccessible fissures in the caves . Go to Lopburi sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, Mattd said: Agreed, but why would bats go km's in to the caves? Perhaps they are blind!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattd Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, xylophone said: Perhaps they are blind!! 55555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick1968 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 well done best of luck to all ,,??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEEDGER Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 So relieved that the young men are safe. Question has the Thai Gov. mentioned any thing about blasting or closing the cave off permanently. Knowing Thai's it only a matter of time till some one else wanders in to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAD Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 So relieved that the young men are safe. Question has the Thai Gov. mentioned any thing about blasting or closing the cave off permanently. Knowing Thai's it only a matter of time till some one else wanders in to them.The opposite. They want to turn the mountain into a tourist attraction.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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