#batappreciationday — Public Fediverse posts
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A day late but happy international bat day!
A small early cluster of Gray Bats in a recent cave. Gray Bats are endangered as they have very specific needs and roost together in the tens of thousands or more. This means they are reliant on just a couple of very specific caves, and also susceptible to disease because of the tight clustering in large numbers. Luckily, they have been generally resistant to the fungus that causes White Nose Syndrome.
(Photographed with permission, using low light, during a period when they are not hibernating or nursing young)
#bat #bats #nature #cave #caves #caving #biology #BatAppreciationDay #Baturday
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A day late but happy international bat day!
A small early cluster of Gray Bats in a recent cave. Gray Bats are endangered as they have very specific needs and roost together in the tens of thousands or more. This means they are reliant on just a couple of very specific caves, and also susceptible to disease because of the tight clustering in large numbers. Luckily, they have been generally resistant to the fungus that causes White Nose Syndrome.
(Photographed with permission, using low light, during a period when they are not hibernating or nursing young)
#bat #bats #nature #cave #caves #caving #biology #BatAppreciationDay #Baturday
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A day late but happy international bat day!
A small early cluster of Gray Bats in a recent cave. Gray Bats are endangered as they have very specific needs and roost together in the tens of thousands or more. This means they are reliant on just a couple of very specific caves, and also susceptible to disease because of the tight clustering in large numbers. Luckily, they have been generally resistant to the fungus that causes White Nose Syndrome.
(Photographed with permission, using low light, during a period when they are not hibernating or nursing young)
#bat #bats #nature #cave #caves #caving #biology #BatAppreciationDay #Baturday
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A day late but happy international bat day!
A small early cluster of Gray Bats in a recent cave. Gray Bats are endangered as they have very specific needs and roost together in the tens of thousands or more. This means they are reliant on just a couple of very specific caves, and also susceptible to disease because of the tight clustering in large numbers. Luckily, they have been generally resistant to the fungus that causes White Nose Syndrome.
(Photographed with permission, using low light, during a period when they are not hibernating or nursing young)
#bat #bats #nature #cave #caves #caving #biology #BatAppreciationDay #Baturday
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Happy Bat Appreciation day!
Here's the letter I wrote to my 3rd grade class after being bitten by a bat with Rabies.
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Accidentally I found there is #BatAppreciationDay... Being here I learnt about many weird "holidays" :blobcatjoy:
So please, enjoy this realistic #bat #drawing... one of species called "flying fox". I think this name is really cute 🦇 :foxjump:
Some photos I looked at for comparison had ones with more red/orange fur on heads, more fox-like.
#art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #animal #animals #wildlife
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Seems it's #BatAppreciationDay :neofoxfloofowo:
These are always hard to photograph against the ridiculously bright ceiling but I have a few more photos of them. Works better in the summer because bringing a lens with metal casing from 0°C into 30° 100% humidity is not going to work.
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In dusk, from in among the walnut tree
and its bearing down upon the damaskina,
although we never see the bat unwrap
like a sticky sweet from the paper…—WN Herbert, “The Bat”
from OMNESIA (Bloodaxe, 2013)https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-22731_THE-BAT
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #bats #BatAppreciationDay
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Asian Lesser False Vampire Bat (watercolour, artist unknown) – Kolkata, India. Held by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
“A Bat with large ears, grey body, pale brown wings, and pink legs and arms, the animal posed with wings outspread to display the underside.”
https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S1993.40/
#art #IndianArt #AsianArt #bats #BatAppreciationDay #watercolor #watercolour
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Beneath a Mona Lisa smile you’re splayed
for pinning. I recall the callipered
shadow of Vitruvian Man, from caverns
and hollowed trees to this small page…—Morag Smith, “Renaissance Bat”
from DON’T. EVEN. ASK. TOO. HOT. New Writing Scotland 42 (ASL, 2024)Today, 17 April, is Bat Appreciation Day 🦇
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws42/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #bats #BatAppreciationDay
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It's #BatAppreciationDay! Here's Plate 67 from Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms of Nature (1904). Focusing mainly on marine animals, the bat is one of the only mammals to feature in the book: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/ernst-haeckel-s-bats-1904 #bats #onthisday #otd
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Heute ist der Tag der Wertschätzung der #Fledermaus. Wir feiern ihn mit einer Nachricht über den Erstnachweis der #Bulldoggfledermaus im #NationalparkBerchtesgaden. #batappreciationday 👉 https://link2.bayern/sudf
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Heute ist der Tag der Wertschätzung der #Fledermaus. Wir feiern ihn mit einer Nachricht über den Erstnachweis der #Bulldoggfledermaus im #NationalparkBerchtesgaden. #batappreciationday 👉 https://link2.bayern/sudf
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Happy #BatAppreciationDay! Today is a good day to follow, or even join, @[email protected] 🦇🖤🦇
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While #BatAppreciationDay may have been yesterday... I won't tell anyone if you wanna appreciate me today too~
✂️ @thatsfurredup
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It’s International Bat Appreciation Day! (Really!)
As part of the release celebration for @susankayequinn’s Bright Green Futures anthology, each author is giving away a prize related to their story. Mine’s this cute plush bat, from Bat World Sanctuary.
Enter to win here it here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6rfpxVAsHIO1E0o6PqK4JG8GEOUftftW2-H0bXkHctDxOWA/viewform
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@𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆𝘇𝗼𝗼
Happy #BatAppreciationDay from our Rodrigues fruit bats! 🦇 Bats are vital pollinators, seed spreaders & pest controllers. Rodrigues fruit bats, once down to 70 individuals in the 1970s, now have a population of 20k+ thanks to conservation efforts by zoos & other partners. https://t.co/zSbaCnP8m3
∙ 𝙰𝚙𝚛 𝟷𝟽, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝟽:𝟸𝟼𝙿𝙼 ∙ -
Apparently as well as being Bat Appreciation Day it is Haiku Day, so Wondrous sky puppies I appreciate you lots On leathery wings #BatAppreciationDay #haiku #InternationalHaikuDay
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CW: featureless anthro nudity
Random batgirl sketch, 2025 edition
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On some nights, when they sky is clear and the moon is dark, you can see the shape of friends taking a night-flight.
Happy #BatAppreciationDay <3
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@𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗼𝗼
Bats are gentle & intelligent creatures. We need bats! Insect-eating bats prevent diseases & save crops from pests & fruit-eaters pollinate plants. They're important to the environment - consider helping bats by building a bat box for your yard! #BatAppreciationDay https://t.co/intnk09uAY
∙ 𝙰𝚙𝚛 𝟷𝟽, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝟹:𝟶𝟶𝙿𝙼 ∙ -
To mark #BatAppreciationDay, the director’s cut of a batty audio piece I recorded in my garden a few years back for Melissa Harrison’s otherwise excellent podcast, ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. (They don’t call me the David Attenborough of Hebden Bridge for nothing—or, indeed, at all.) http://richardcarter.com/sidelines/bats-podcast-piece/
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The #BatAppreciationDay reminds me when I once had to interview a #bat and a #cactus (I have a special device for that): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... #podcast #NatureMatchCuts #bats #pollinators #gardening #natureWriting
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@𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗼𝗼
The giant fruit bat (from left to right: Nanner, Peach, Seymore & Luce) relies on its keen sense of smell for locating food. As the bat feeds & flies throughout the forest, it pollinates and disperses seeds, helping to regenerate plant growth in the ecosystem #batappreciationday https://t.co/OaMuzXN0Kd
∙ 𝙰𝚙𝚛 𝟷𝟽, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝟷𝟸:𝟶𝟶𝙿𝙼 ∙ -
Time to appreciate bats again! #BatAppreciationDay
🎨 by AlsaresNoLynx (FurAffinity)
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@𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗼𝗼
It's a misconception that vampire bats suck blood... they cut a tiny slit in an animal’s skin with their razor-sharp teeth & lap up blood. Chemicals in bat’s saliva prevent clotting so the blood flows freely until it has had its fill, which is generally < 1oz #BatAppreciationDay https://t.co/TaCoTdIH0B
∙ 𝙰𝚙𝚛 𝟷𝟽, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝟿:𝟶𝟶𝙰𝙼 ∙ -
Twitter hashtags had me inspired. [shrugs]
Bats: Wingéd creatures
Your appreciation day
We love you so muchYou are so helpful
with eating dangerous bugs
and enriching plantsSo soft and fluffy
Like little fuzzy winged cats
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Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #bostondynamics
9: #mittwoch
8: #MCIRMA
7: #whiskerswednesday
6: #batappreciationday
5: #LeaguesCup2024
4: #musicwomenwednesday
3: #meermittwoch
2: #dubai
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#BatAppreciationDay with the #Iowa Wildlife Center
A little flying Friend visits the studio
by Ethan Lo, April 17, 2023
"The Iowa Wildlife center has volunteers to help with there endeavors but when handling the bats, they must get vaccinated. Bringing awareness to bats, they recommend not to use sticky traps and to be cautions when handling bats. Ehresman brings a bat with her to showcase how small and how vulnerable they can be."
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North American #bats at risk of severe population decline
By John Flesher, AP, Apr 17, 2023
"Among methods under development are vaccines, anti-fungal sprays and ultraviolet light treatments for hibernation spots.
"'We have a number of tools that are showing great promise,' Coleman [a wildlife biologist] said. 'There are very few precedents for managing a wildlife disease, particularly one so devastating and pervasive.'
"The report said the bats also are imperiled by #forest fragmentation — #logging and urban #sprawl in #Canada, #wildfire suppression in the U.S. and #livestock #ranching in #Mexico. Many bats live in older trees during summer.
"People sometimes disturb hibernating bats in winter by exploring caves and abandoned mines.
"#ClimateChange is expected to intensify the challenges, causing more extreme storms and temperature swings. The report said 82% of the continent’s species are at risk from global warming’s effects."
#Bats #WNS #WhiteNoseSyndrome #Spelunking #BatAppreciationDay
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How #Colorado residents can help protect state’s #bat populations from deadly fungus
Story by Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, April 17, 2023"Wildlife groups and government agencies are trying to mobilize sharp-eyed humans for #ColoradoBatWatch, a campaign launched Monday to help biologists find bat roosting sites fast enough to save bats from proliferating perils, including the deadly white-nose fungus.
"The idea is to be able to vaccinate bats while they’re hanging about during the daytime as soon as possible.
"This emerging mission requires statewide public participation because bat roosts can be so hard to spot, overwhelming scientific capacities, according to the coordinators of the Bat Watch, among the first in the West as the fungus spreads.
"Training online at www.coloradobatwatch.org takes about 15 minutes for participants to identify bat roosting sites in buildings, caves, abandoned mine shafts, under talus on mountainsides, under bridges, in culverts. About 100 people have signed up as of Monday morning."
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Rutland Herald Community News, Apr 4, 2023
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s reclassification of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered status came into effect Friday, March 31.
"In #Vermont, the northern-long eared bat received a state endangered status in 2011 due to rapid and drastic declines caused by the deadly fungal disease white-nose syndrome. It received federal threatened status in 2015 after the disease had spread throughout the Northeast, but not the entire range of the species. Following white-nose syndrome’s expansion across the United States and Canada, the northern long-eared bat has experienced similarly dramatic population declines throughout most of its range. In Vermont, this once-common species of mature forest habitats has declined by 98% in the underground hibernation sites where it overwinters. The USFWS’ reclassification comes in response to this trend."
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B.C. ecologists brace for spread of fungal disease that has eradicated bat populations across North America
Province said it first detected fungus associated with white-nose syndrome on bats in Grand Forks, B.C.
CBC News · Posted: Apr 09, 2023
"White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across North America since first appearing in North America in New York State, probably through shipping. It's spread mostly bat-to-bat, although humans can play a role by carrying spores on their clothes or gear.
"In light of the risks around white-nose syndrome, the program has been asking British Columbians to report a dead or sick bat on its website or via email at [email protected] or call 1-855-922-2287.
"During the white-nose syndrome period from Nov. 1 to May 31, the program recommends people not touch a dead bat with bare hands but instead collect it by wrapping it with a paper towel and putting it into a zip lock bag,
"The program also recommends refrigerating or freezing the specimen if it takes more than 48 hours for a program co-ordinator to pick it up."
#BritishColumbia #Bats #WNS #WhiteNoseSyndrome #GrandForksBC #Spelunking #BatAppreciationDayRead more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/white-nose-syndrome-report-dead-bats-1.6803227
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🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇
#HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive
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🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇
#HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive
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🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇
#HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive
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🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇
#HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive
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🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇
#HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive
