@ickplantM to Bats • 10 months agoElla is an 18-year-old African fruit bat. She's getting her monthly checkupimagemessage-square22arrow-up1198arrow-down12
arrow-up1196arrow-down1imageElla is an 18-year-old African fruit bat. She's getting her monthly checkup@ickplantM to Bats • 10 months agomessage-square22
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•10 months agoMany fruit bats look like cute little dogs with wings. Other bats look… Umm Ummmm
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months agoI feel like they can echolocate me through the screen
minus-square@I_Fart_Glitterlink4•10 months agoI thought this was some kind of fungal induced deformity at first, but no… it’s a Griffin’s Leaf Nosed Bat and that’s how they’re supposed to look! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/120223-new-bat-species-vietnam-animals-science
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoYup! I direct linked to the image because the article is paywalled.
minus-square@AquaTofanalink1•10 months agoI bet I would still attempt to pet it. My stupid heart feels like even “uggo” animals deserve all the love too.
Bats look like cute little dogs with wings.
Many fruit bats look like cute little dogs with wings. Other bats look… Umm Ummmm
I feel like they can echolocate me through the screen
I thought this was some kind of fungal induced deformity at first, but no… it’s a Griffin’s Leaf Nosed Bat and that’s how they’re supposed to look! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/120223-new-bat-species-vietnam-animals-science
Yup! I direct linked to the image because the article is paywalled.
Wow that second one is fascinating!
He just sneezed too hard …cut him some slack.
Yikes! Well. Cuteness of a different sort.
Ai?
I bet I would still attempt to pet it. My stupid heart feels like even “uggo” animals deserve all the love too.
They totally do, that’s why we call them sky puppies!
Honduran white bats are my fave. Just tiny floofs.
Winged lemurs from ATLA.