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Bats are common residents of caves on the Island. One time the Skipper comments that Ginger "has bats in her belfry" (an expression of someone being crazy or eccentric), but Gilligan mistakes him for saying she "had ants in her belfry" and taking him literally he makes a trap in the hopes of catching an anteater to help the situation. When Mary Ann reveals to Gilligan that the Skipper really said "bats" Gilligan imagines he now has to find a "bat-eater".(The Matchmaker)

The Skipper actually confused a common red fruit bat with a vampire bat and practically had Gilligan convinced he was going to be a vampire.(Up At Bat) One of them terrified Ginger and Mary Ann while exploring the caves for fragments of the Stone Tablet.(The Secret of Gilligan's Island)

Trivia

  • The Skipper mistakes the common red fruit bat for a vampire bat.
  • Fruit bats and vampire bats are not substantially hard to tell apart in real life.

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External Links

Red Fruit Bat on Wikipedia. Vampire Bat on Wikipedia

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