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Your Own Virtual Pet Bat

SUMMARY: Feed insects to a flying virtual pet bat on your iGoogle page.

Think you have added every type of available virtual pet to your iGoogle page? If so, check out "Batty", a virtual pet bat from Gadzi and Bunnyhero Labs.

Click on the sleeping bat to start its flight, then hover over the "More" tab and click on a fly to send it away. Complete with audio (!) and visual effects, the bat will use its sonar to track and chomp on the doomed insect. This gadget can be maximized if desired.

* Batty Bat Virtual Pet gadget for iGoogle


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