World’s Largest Bat Species Is the Size of a Human Child

My Modern Met ^ | 23 Mar 2023 | Jessica Stewart

[Michael.SF.]

You mean the José Greco’s de Morte? The flaminco dancers of death?

[SkyDancer]

Cute little guys.

[Paal Gulli]

"World’s Largest Bat Species Is the Size of a Human Child"

That would depend on what your definition of "size" is. Flying creatures generally are much lighter than they appear. North American buzzards (turkey & black) look YUGE but only weigh about four pounds. Flying foxes weigh less than that.

[SunkenCiv]

Nice! It's been ages since I'd seen that graphic! Thanks martin_fierro.

[antidemoncrat]

Maybe that is just Batman having a nap.

[Red Badger]

WORLD'S LARGEST BAT!.....................

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[Zack Attack]

I knew it! Batboy is real!

[mabarker1]

Might have to dress the Grandson up like that ror Halloween.

[Bonemaker]

Looks like Hillary sleeping.

[Bonemaker]

“What if this bat only feeds on liberals and Democrats?”

And pees gasoline and craps $100 bills.

[mass55th]

In Britain, all bat species, and their roosts are fully protected by law. The government is strict when it comes to removing those types of bats from your property. If you buy a house, and it’s inhabited by bats, you are advised to leave them alone. If you need to have work done on an area of the house where bats roost, you may need to hire a bat expert to do a survey, and you should call the Bat Trust for advice. If you cannot avoid harming bats or their habitats with the work that needs to be done, you need to apply for a mitigation licence from Natural England. Sometimes they will make arrangements to move the bats to a separate bat structure away from the house.

[Grimmy]

Proof that Dracula infested a lot of the ruling class when he toured London back in the day.

[M Kehoe]

This thread is driving me batty.

5.56mm

[Albion Wilde]

[Texan5]

That makes perfect sense, since the bats are native to Australia-the horses are not-they are imports-some people are just bad about killing everything they don’t like, threat or not...

[Texan5]

They are cute-I put up a couple of bat houses in the trees here-I like to watch them flying around eating insects-they are a part of a healthy ecosystem...

[SkyDancer]

What sort of houses do they like? I’d like to put up one for one that flits around here at evening time, named him/it Barney.

[PLMerite]

Oh, F-that. Mag dump city on that thing.

[Texan5]

I just made them from the plans on some websites-the one I used was a simple one that was on a Texas wildlife site, but there are plans at every website about bats-try the parks and wildlife sites first-they look like the best ones...