YSK that without bats we wouldn't have chocolate, tequila, or avocado toast. They pollinate and disperse seeds for over 300 species of plants! (lemmy.world)
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Bats are cool (lemmy.world)
RESOLVED: Bats are safe now! ORIGINAL: Thousands of pregnant bats sealed inside a building in Texas (lemmy.world)
UPDATE: April 14th, 2024, 1:50 PM MST...
Hammer-headed bat from Africa (lemmy.world)
Ella is an 18-year-old African fruit bat. She's getting her monthly checkup (lemmy.world)
PSA: Bats are capable of living over 25 years. Bats kept as pets rarely survive more than one year. Please do not keep bats as pets! (batworld.org)
Try to imagine what this feels like… someone takes you captive, you don’t know why. You don’t speak their language and you are powerless to escape. You have no idea what they want of you, and you are terrified....
A PSA about bats and glue traps (i.postimg.cc)
Bat nursery (i.postimg.cc)
A more appropriate name for a bat nursery is a maternity roost....
This is Centurio senex or wrinkle-faced bat. They engage in "lekking," where males form roosts to attract females with songs and raised facial flaps. (lemmy.world)
Abstract...
A pregnant bat in flight by Yuval Barkai (lemmy.world)
Creating bats (i.postimg.cc)
Bat picture by Mauricio Ballesteros (lemmy.world)
The Darkness (i.postimg.cc)
I was reminded of this oldie but goodie by a post my mastodon feed
Meet our new community mascot, Baxter. This poor guy lived in a small cage alone for 12 years (bats are not solitary animals and should not be confined to bird cages). Now, his life rocks! (lemmy.world)
Video of Baxter in his new home...
Bats have buttcheeks (i.postimg.cc)
Meet Mr. Alan Roger from the Tolga Bat Hospital in Queensland, Australia. The sweater prevents him from licking a healing wound. (lemmy.world)
To learn more about the Tolga Bat Hospital, check out their site.
(Bat PSA) The wrinkle-faced bat grows its own ski mask (lemmy.world)
The wrinkle-faced bat is a frugivore (fruit eater) and is actually classified as a member of the leaf-nosed bats, despite not having a leaf nose. Molecular phylogeny is wild. They have the strongest bite force in relation to body size of all known bats and their short, broad heads are thought to allow them to eat a wider range...
Here's a cute fruit bat to make your day better (i.postimg.cc)
Two bats are better than one (i.postimg.cc)
Upside-down friend (i.postimg.cc)
Bat fact: Bats make up about 20% of all mammals (lemmy.world)
A succulent dinner (lemmy.world)
Bat fact: Bats are not rodents (lemmy.world)
[ID Req] Poor Lil Friend Bonked Out (i.postimg.cc)
Does anyone know what type of bat this? Poor little bugger hit my office window a while back. Was unconscious, or stunned for a bit, but did manage to fly off. Alternate angle....
A fruit bat sharing a snack with a butterfly (lemmy.world)
