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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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posted on 
03/24/2023 8:54:31 AM PDT
by 
DUMBGRUNT
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on 
03/24/2023 8:56:43 AM PDT
by 
sonova
(That's what I always say sometimes.)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    Some smaller Eastern euro countries are breeding them for delivery bats.
No battery or night vision gear is needed.
 
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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)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    Soup for the whole family.
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 8:57:19 AM PDT
by 
ClearCase_guy
(“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    They "really have no interest in humans", until they take their vampire form. 
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 8:57:35 AM PDT
by 
DannyTN
 
To: sonova
    —”Shotgun, now.”
too much noise.
A bat would suffice.
 
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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)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:00:18 AM PDT
by 
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
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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)
 
To: Magnum44
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:01:42 AM PDT
by 
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    You’re gonna need a bigger tennis racquet.
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:02:09 AM PDT
by 
Restless
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
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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.)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    That’s nothing. There are actually bat-boys. I read about it in the scientific journal shown below.
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:03:49 AM PDT
by 
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
 
To: Ezekiel
    “Flames! There are flames on my BMW!”
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:04:04 AM PDT
by 
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosophers )
 
To: DUMBGRUNT; SunkenCiv
    If ever there was a Sunky-worthy Ping, this is it. 
 
To: Magnum44
    lol.. I was wondering who’d post it first.
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:05:46 AM PDT
by 
AAABEST
( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    A bat would suffice.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I am trying to get rid of a bat.
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:07:24 AM PDT
by 
sonova
(That's what I always say sometimes.)
 
To: sonova
    Do you kill everything you don't understand?
What if this bat only feeds on liberals and Democrats?
To: DUMBGRUNT
    I saw that movie. Jeepers Creepers 2.
 
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posted on 
03/24/2023 9:07:43 AM PDT
by 
BipolarBob
(The rumor has not been confirmed until the FBI officially denies it.)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    I like Flying Foxes......................
 
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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.....................)
 
To: DUMBGRUNT
    Lock him in a cage with Fauci and the Pfizer Board of Directors.
 
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