The Bat cave
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 25/Aug/2010 13:56, 34 days ago
In a recent email I wittered away about our office being a bit of mess at the moment in a rather dismissive way not realising how big the problem actually was. It now definitely warrants a few photos. During last weekend the crack in our office ceiling gradually got bigger and more debris started falling through with the general assumption being that this was just a few rat droppings. On Monday the Buildings Department came to inspect the problem and, to be fair, got some workers to come in immediately and start tearing the ceiling down because it was becoming dangerous. As they did this work thousands of bat droppings fell down covering the whole office. We doubt the office has been serviced or cleaned since it was first built 50 or 60 years ago so the bats have had plenty of time to get cosy up there. Because it is a windy time of year this dust and smell was blown through any of the nearby offices at the Boma. As people kept on saying, great manure but a pretty toxic smell. So work continues on removing all the droppings, putting in a new ceiling and removing (probably killing) the squeaking bats.