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World’s Largest Bat Species Is the Size of a Human Child
My Modern Met ^ | 23 Mar 2023 | Jessica Stewart

Posted on 03/24/2023 8:54:31 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Classified as a megabat, these flying foxes can weigh up to three pounds with a wingspan of up to five and a half feet.

Still, anyone would probably jump if they turned the corner and saw this bat snoozing in their garage. Luckily, giant golden-crowned flying foxes really have no interest in humans. Their diet primarily consists of figs and leaves.

...its main predators are large birds of prey like eagles. They are also hunted by reticulated pythons and, unfortunately, humans who use them for their bushmeat. This act, as well as deforestation, are two of

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening; Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: batboy; cryptobiology; flyingfoxes; godsgravesglyphs
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1 posted on 03/24/2023 8:54:31 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Shotgun, now.


2 posted on 03/24/2023 8:56:43 AM PDT by sonova (That's what I always say sometimes.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Some smaller Eastern euro countries are breeding them for delivery bats.
No battery or night vision gear is needed.


3 posted on 03/24/2023 8:57:06 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Soup for the whole family.


4 posted on 03/24/2023 8:57:19 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
They "really have no interest in humans", until they take their vampire form.


5 posted on 03/24/2023 8:57:35 AM PDT by DannyTN
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—”Shotgun, now.”

too much noise.
A bat would suffice.


6 posted on 03/24/2023 8:58:20 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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7 posted on 03/24/2023 9:00:18 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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Classified as a megabat...

Great name for a band.

On a more serious note, who doesn't remember the

Giant, Beaked, Baby-Stealing Tsetse Flies

8 posted on 03/24/2023 9:00:53 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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There it is!


9 posted on 03/24/2023 9:01:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

You’re gonna need a bigger tennis racquet.


10 posted on 03/24/2023 9:02:09 AM PDT by Restless
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Holy crap!


11 posted on 03/24/2023 9:02:34 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
That’s nothing. There are actually bat-boys. I read about it in the scientific journal shown below.


12 posted on 03/24/2023 9:03:49 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Ezekiel

“Flames! There are flames on my BMW!”


13 posted on 03/24/2023 9:04:04 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosophers )
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To: DUMBGRUNT; SunkenCiv
If ever there was a Sunky-worthy Ping, this is it.


14 posted on 03/24/2023 9:04:32 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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lol.. I was wondering who’d post it first.


15 posted on 03/24/2023 9:05:46 AM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A bat would suffice.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I am trying to get rid of a bat.


16 posted on 03/24/2023 9:07:24 AM PDT by sonova (That's what I always say sometimes.)
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Do you kill everything you don't understand?

What if this bat only feeds on liberals and Democrats?

17 posted on 03/24/2023 9:07:34 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I saw that movie. Jeepers Creepers 2.


18 posted on 03/24/2023 9:07:43 AM PDT by BipolarBob (The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I like Flying Foxes......................


19 posted on 03/24/2023 9:09:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Lock him in a cage with Fauci and the Pfizer Board of Directors.


20 posted on 03/24/2023 9:09:15 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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