Bats are Cute

[Margot Lane]

C’mon, Lookit these lil guys! For those of you who fear bats, these are orphaned baby flying foxes. Coochie coo! I found this photo after listening to Science Friday today on the radio, a fascinating show w/ Dr. Shane Campbell Staton.

 

[DorasCats]

I agree with you. They are adorable.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

C’mon, Lookit these lil guys! For those of you who fear bats, these are orphaned baby flying foxes. Coochie coo! I found this photo after listening to Science Friday today on the radio, a fascinating show w/ Dr. Shane Campbell Staton.View attachment 435546

I was just going to say, flying foxes are definitely cute! Other bats don’t particularly take my fancy but I like flying foxes’ faces.

 

[game misconduct]

hammer headed bat

 

[Margot Lane]

Aww….that thing is just adorable.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

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Would fit well in a Harry Potter film!

 

[mama africa]

They like bananas

and teddy bears

and humans

 

[betsygee]

They're adorable!

 

[di and bob]

They are!!! I raised two baby bats that were abandoned after a big storm, and fed them hamburger mixed with milk.

 

[neely]

My sister lives in an area that gets bats and had 3 in her first house, not all at the same time. Just recently she woke up to find a bat between the screen and her window. She sent me this pic.

 

[nurseangel]

I am terrified of them but they are so cute!

 

[Margot Lane]

I am terrified of them but they are so cute!

They are scared of you too! Maybe they think you’re cute though. One way to think on it: they eat mosquitoes….even I can’t get fuzzy about those!

 

[Kat0121]

They are adorable

 

[lorie d.]

I'm one of those people who are absolutely terrified of bats. One day years ago, I was walking to work, and a little way in front of me I saw a bat drop straight down out of a tree. I was like "eeeeeewwwww!!!!" I've heard bats are actually flying mice and I'm terrified of those things too.

 

[Willowy]

I've heard bats are actually flying mice and I'm terrified of those things too.

Not realy, because mice are rodents and bats are carnivores. . .so maybe they're more like little flying kittens?

 

[Willowy]

Well since I waited too long to edit, to clarify, I mean that bats are in the order Carnivora, although some only eat fruit or nectar. But most eat insects.

 

[epona]

I love bats, I do bat monitoring during the summer to record what species we have around here.

Locally we have common pipistrelles, soprano pipistrelles, noctules, Daubenton's, and brown long-eared bats.

 

[epona]

Oh my parents also have a large colony of soprano pipistrelles living in their roof, they make a bit of a mess but it is amazing seeing them all fly out at dusk to go and hunt insects. Here is one hanging onto the wall of their house.

 

[Margot Lane]

Oh my parents also have a large colony of soprano pipistrelles living in their roof, they make a bit of a mess but it is amazing seeing them all fly out at dusk to go and hunt insects. Here is one hanging onto the wall of their house.

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That is so totally amazing! Thanks so much for reporting in!

 

[Antonio65]

About 25 years ago we rescued a baby bat (it was really small) who had flown into a house wall. We took it inside, laid it on the kitchen table to check if it was injured. It was fine, only a little shocked, but in about 15 minutes it was ready to fly again.
What I remember is its incredible cuteness and the softness of its coat, I couldn't help stroking it.