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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=589900181957309THIS is posted as humorous..... Was on a WGN broadcast
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)The perspective in this particular shot makes the bat seem far larger than it is - flying foxes are most certainly not human-sized. While the largest species do reach wingspans of 1.7 metres (5.5 ft), their bodies are quite small, barely extending 30 centimetres in length (11.8 inches).
Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)anywhere near my scooter... Id be walking.
yonder
(9,671 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)I'm not the type to get scared of such things. The past two nights we've had a 4 ft snake and big tarantula mosey thru our porch.
Chellee
(2,101 posts)I'm going to have to add that to my house requirements, first floor laundry, window over the kitchen sink.... tarantula proofed porch.
Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)I'm in N AZ.
Chellee
(2,101 posts)marble falls
(57,172 posts)hlthe2b
(102,351 posts)Here's What You Need to Know About That 'Human-Sized' Bat Going Viral
"Remember when I told y'all about the Philippines having human-sized bats? Yeah, this was what I was talking about," Twitter user AlexJoestar622 wrote in late June.
Like many viral things, the photo they tweeted actually originated a couple of years ago on Reddit, when the Filipino user sakundes allegedly encountered one of these beautiful animals in their backyard.
The perspective in this particular shot makes the bat seem far larger than it is - flying foxes are most certainly not human-sized. While the largest species do reach wingspans of 1.7 metres (5.5 ft), their bodies are quite small, barely extending 30 centimetres in length (11.8 inches).
There's no doubt the bat is real, though. The Reddit user even posted another photo from a different angle of the bat yawning as it was woken up from its daytime slumber; flying foxes are typically nocturnal or crepuscular.
It's possible the sleepy creature was actually a large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), a similarly impressive megabat characterised by its long, pointed ears and fox-like face and head. In the Philippines, nearly all flying foxes are threatened species due to habitat loss and being hunted as a human food source. Despite various cultural associations linking bats with vampires, flying foxes are far from being bloodthirsty beasts of the night. As frugivores, these bats will noisily chatter as they feast on figs and other fruit at dusk, and roost in large treetop clumps during the day. They'd rather drink nectar than go for blood.
Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)jayfish
(10,039 posts)Does anyone know what perspective is?
Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)jayfish
(10,039 posts)Yeehah
(4,591 posts)Would fit the 2020 narrative so far.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-you-need-to-know-about-that-human-sized-bat-going-viral
Range map of megabats.
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Vinca
(50,303 posts)stopdiggin
(11,355 posts)try something about the size of a rabbit -- with decent sized wings.
(still, far and away the largest flying mammal -- that we know of)
Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)stopdiggin
(11,355 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)Nevilledog
(51,186 posts)lame54
(35,318 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,109 posts)doc03
(35,363 posts)edhopper
(33,612 posts)looks human sized
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Only about a foot tall
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)💘 😻