Karen Wise explains why her entire family is now getting rabies shots, not that she knows for a fact that the bat that was flying around in her house was rabid, since her husband let it fly out, when, as they now know, you're supposed to trap it somehow and let Animal Control test it for rabies.

Brookline, Newton report lots of bats in people's belfries, attics, apartments.

Hmm, if you had to chose: Bats or killer turkeys? Or snapping turtles?

Or why you should leave all the basement lights on all the time:

I went down to the basement today to get the laundry and opened the door into the basement and there was a thing that looked kind of like a chunk of lint or a sock hanging on the edge of the door. I grabbed it and it was warm and furry and surprising. I dropped it and jumped back. It was a bat. ...

It's the height of bat season in Roslindale and West Roxbury.

Meanwhile, Angela looks out her (non-Rozzie, non-Westie) window to see how baby squirrels are made (Caution: Not Safe for Oak Trees).

Jenny discovers it's true: If you have a sleeping bat in your pantry, you really can trap it with some Tupperware for release outside.