#Bats
Well, you decided in a poll whom I will interview in my next #podcast episode of #NatureMatchCuts. It's a real challenge: a #cactus talking to #bats! Your wish is my command: https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/111482250826289526
I know the episode about #animal #gardeners was scheduled for the end of Nov. This year is a disaster. I'm working on it, but with the loss of Bilbo, I need some time for me. Thank you for your patience! Meanwhile, you can listen to older episodes https://naturematchcuts.net #naturelovers I'll be back!
My newest animation with #procreatedreams
#procreate #bats #animation #cartoon #cartoonist #art #MastoArt
🇳🇿New Zealand: Two new lineages of coronavirus detected in NZ bats.
"Researchers said the new viruses are not at the highest risk of transferring into human populations, as they both belong to a different group of coronaviruses than all three viruses that have emerged in human populations over the past few decades."
Viele Wege führen ins Winterquartier: Muster der saisonalen Zugbewegungen der Fledermäuse komplexer als bisher angenommen https://www.izw-berlin.de/de/pressemitteilung/viele-wege-fuehren-ins-winterquartier-muster-der-saisonalen-zugbewegungen-der-fledermaeuse-komplexer-als-bisher-angenommen.html
"Weil sich Fledermäuse länger als bisher bekannt entlang der Küstenlinien aufhalten und zum Teil auch auf hohe See ausweichen und „Umwege“ fliegen, stellen Windkraftanlagen eine größere Gefahrenquelle dar, als bisher angenommen wurde"
Die Windkraftanlagen müssen Sensoren haben, die den Durchflug frühzeitig erkennen.
Bonda Mastiff Bat Speedpaint. Hue hue.
#Bat #Bats #Baturday #FurryArt #DigitalArt #WildlifeArt #Art #Speedpaint #Portrait
what is that?
the fella on the limb.
he's a bat!
early is late for him.
Sure, I said, I'll fill up the hummingbird feeder and put it back out at the crack of dawn, it'll be fun! Heh. Now back to bed with a book until the heat kicks in. Hope there were no hungry bats during the night.
Headlines like this don't even make me flinch anymore. "Climate Change Making Vampire Bats (with Rabies!) Migrate Toward U.S."
#vampire #bats #with #rabies #migrating #toward #UnitedStates #US #climate #change #bringing it https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/11/27/vampire-bats-rabies-migrating-north/9521701127635/
B.C. bat program wants you (#Canada #Bats #BC) https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/458999/B.C.-bat-program-wants-you
Study: The serotine bat uses its super-large penis as an arm when mating - Enlarge / "That's not my arm": Male serotine bats have such large penis... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1985239 #alternativematingstrategies #matingstrategies #animalbehavior #science #animals #biology #mating #bats
Ars Technica: Study: The serotine bat uses its super-large penis as an arm when mating https://arstechnica.com/?p=1985239 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #alternativematingstrategies #matingstrategies #animalbehavior #Science #animals #Biology #mating #bats
In our #podcast episode released this morning, we had a *contentious* debate about this guy -- Rev Bem.
What do you think? Yea or Nay on bat guy?!
Hear our thoughts: https://starrytimepodcast.com/episodes
#Andromeda #Bat #SFF #SciFi #TV #SpecialEffects #Makeup #bats #opinion #silly #ScienceFiction
Straw Colored Fruit Bat Speedpaint. Munch much.
#Bat #Bats #Baturday #WildlifeArt #FurryArt #DigitalArt #Art #Speedpaint
One of the highlights of short days is seeing #bats starting to fly around at mid to late afternoon.
La razón por la que #Batman se acuesta con alguien con la flexibilidad de un acróbata (pero solo para dormir 😉 ). #bats #murcielagos
https://resolviendolaincognita.blogspot.com/2023/11/el-murcielago-con-el-pene-descomunal.html
How #bats carry deadly #diseases without #dying | #vox
Business Insider: Bats with huge penises mate without penetration, a first in mammals.
#bats #news
https://www.businessinsider.com/bats-giant-penises-mate-without-penetrating-first-mammals-2023-11
@realTuckFrumper
This is a great video for explaining how bats are so different when it comes to viruses (and other traits)!
#bats
🦇 🤨 This Bat Uses Its Oversized Penis as an ‘Arm’ during Sex - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-bat-uses-its-oversized-penis-as-an-arm-during-sex/
"Most mammals mate with penetrative sex, but one peculiar bat species with an oversize, bulbous penis seems to sweep that assumption aside. New video evidence suggests that during copulation, the male serotine bat—Eptesicus serotinus—instead uses its penis like an arm to push away the female’s tail membrane and presses the tip against the vulva, according to research published in Current Biology."
I didn't need to know that, but now I do so you do too.
Working on this little guy today - almost done!
TIL a bit more than I wanted to know about the sex habits of #bats. 🦇
But it was a nice break from the usual news 🙂
#Scientists have #filmed what appear to be the first known instances of #nonPenetrative #reproductiveSex in #mammals, in #bats living in a church attic in the #Netherlands and at a #Ukrainian bat-rehabilitation centre. They wrote about their discovery this week in Current Biology1.
🦇 Did that get your attention? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/20/caught-not-quite-in-the-act-church-cameras-reveal-bat-sex-ritual
🦇 And here's a paper on fruit bat fellatio https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007595
I just “adopted” #bats for all my little cousins for #christmas and they’re sending out photos and certificates :blobfoxheartcute:
Hopefully they’ll think this is half as cool as I do :blobfoxcrylaugh:
“Do you wanna get drunk tonight?”
#art #artwork #sketch #doodle #drawing #inking #illustration #cartoon #cartoonists #cartoonillustration #comics #comicstrip #gagcartoon #bats #drunk #funny #MastoArt
No evidence for widespread #transmission of #viruses by African #bats, says study.
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-evidence-widespread-transmission-viruses-african.html
Townsend's Big Eared Bat Speedpaint. Groggy.
#Bat #Bats #WildlikeArt #DigitalArt #Art #FurryArt #Baturday #Speedpaint
Finally got a bat record for this tunnel. We’ve spent some time installing bat boxes inside to improve hibernation potential due to the lack of crevices. Typically the Brown Long Eared bat chose its own spot, but it’s a start. #bats #chiroptera #hibernation #conservation #ecology #research #scicomm
He was extremely underweight but thankfully appeared uninjured. The only problem was, he refused to fly. After a week, I thought it best to have him x-rayed. Thankfully, no hidden injuries — so home we came. The good news is that in the safety of a soft puppy playpen, the last few nights he's tried to fly to the mesh playpen wall. We still have a way to go, but it’s a step in the right direction. Fingers crossed for him.
#Bats #BatsHibernating #BatRescue
#BatConservationTrust
Insect trapped in amber reveals the evolutionary battles of ancient Europe https://phys.org/news/2023-11-insect-amber-reveals-evolutionary-ancient.html
An Eocene insect could hear conspecific ultrasounds and bat echolocation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223014410
"Shortly before this #animal was fossilized, #bats had developed the ability to echolocate, which may have driven the #katydids to call at higher frequencies. At the same time, their ears were adapting to listen out for bats trying to hunt them down."
How #windturbines could coexist peacefully with #bats and #birds
“ 45. Just Hangin’ Around_52Frames_Bokeh ”
I found him and finally got him out for his photo session. I'm thinking he might be in some hide-and-seek photos soon. #felting #bats #bokeh #creaturesofthenight #52Frames_bokeh
#nwsl
so stoked for Gotham FC
#bats #GothamFC
#nwslchampionship
Important news for #California. We now have a State Bat. All hail Antrozous pallidus, the Pallid Bat!
It can eat half its body weight in one night!
https://www.ksbw.com/article/california-now-has-a-state-bat/45541155
#bats
:quotesL: This correlative study, based on field observations, offers empirical evidence supporting previous statistical and mathematical simulation-based studies reporting a likely increase of bat-borne diseases in response to climate change. :quotesR:
Not me hand stamping #bats and gluing #snowflake confetti onto holiday cards… that would be CRAZY 🤪
Study: Mainstream Media Undermines Conservation By Promoting Fear Of Bats | out of HELSINKISUS & UABBarcelona, published by EcoHealth
#SciComm #bats #conservation #newsmedia #disease #agriculture #insects #Halloween https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2023/10/31/mainstream-media-undermines-conservation-by-promoting-fear-of-bats/
Enough with the #spooky #Halloween #bats. Here's a pair of grey-headed flying foxes exchanging courtship kisses.
Halloween tableau
#pumpkins #halloween #SpiderGwen #AcrossTheSpiderVerse #bats #ghosts
I carved a vampire bat Jack-o-lantern this year. When my son saw my preliminary sketch he said that was exactly what he wanted on his Jack-o-lantern too. So now we have two!
Usually he draws a second design on a smaller pumpkin and I carve it, but this Hallowe’en it’s 🦇🦇🎃🎃
Happy Hallowe’en!
#carving #halloween #jackolantern #pumpkin #bats #vampireBats
^@nationalparkservice: Holy mackerel! Wait. Holy bat! (Still had Fat Bear Week on the mind.) It’s Bat Week! Fangtastic! Everyone can join in on the fun! Browse the articles on nps.gov to learn more about bats, engage in bat-tivities, and discover current bat science.
You can also visit BatWeek.org for inspiring stories, events, and more. Join the conversation on social media using #BatWeek.
P.S. We counted each “na.” You think we’re just winging it? 🦇
#bats #nationalparks #wildlife
The Habitat Foundation supports nature researchers and conservationists in Eastern Europe. The support can be simple but nevertheless important. One of the organisations supported is NGO Wildlife Montenegro.
Wildlife Montenegro is in desperate need of a batlogger, a device that turns the high-pitched shouts of bats into sounds that humans can hear. Help Wildlife Montenegro to purchase one. Donate:
https://discovermammals.org/bat-loggers-for-wildlife-montenegro/
#bats #windfarm #windturbine #DonateNow #impactassessment #Montenegro
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#Halloween #Postcard #Ephemera #BlackCat #CatsofMastodon #pumpkin #bats #owls #jackolantern #poem #Retro #Vintage
@markwyner
Quality 🦇 content
There’s this movie called Bats (1999) 🍿
My friend likes bats, so we went to the dollar movie to see it
And after the opening scene here, she leans over to me and quietly says,
“I thought this was a documentary:”
https://youtu.be/uytomSedYz4?si=NnLUHZRSp-MylCBA 🦇
#bats #halloween
Since we’re close to Halloween, I thought you might enjoy this cute baby bat clinging to a finger. Those little toes!
Contents of the latest issue of #Permaculture Design Magazine:
SilvoPork and Poultry by Ben Brownlow
#Cats on the Homestead by Thom Illingworth
#Chicken Coop Ideas by Justin Rhodes
#Bats in the Belfry by Thom Illingworth
Japanese #Quail: Efficient Home-grown Protein by Kirsten Bradley
The Height of Summer by Becky Elder
Permaculture Going to the Dogs by Dave Boehnlein
16 Reasons Why Muscovy #Ducks are the Perfect Homestead Bird by Jack Spirko
Permaculture #LandTrusts: Return to the Earth Commons by Lisa DePiano, Andrew Faust, David Harper
Happy Meat, Happy Ecosystems, Happy People by Kate Martignier
Winter Gardening for Kids by Joshua Burman Thayer
Ruminant by Woody Lane, PhD
Regrowth by Woody Lane, PhD
The Tao of Beekeeping by Eugene Monaco
https://www.permaculturedesignmagazine.com/
And I can hear its clicks as it's flying around.
#Brooklyn #Bats #BioDiversity #UrbanNature
Calling all bat-enthusiasts in regional New South Wales and western Sydney
"Bats in Backyards project wants citizen scientists to help uncover secrets of the night sky"
#environment #citizenscience #ecology #bats #sydney #australia #science
Fruit, nectar, bugs and blood: How #bat teeth and jaws evolved for a diverse dinnertime https://phys.org/news/2023-10-fruit-nectar-bugs-blood-teeth.html
Bat teeth illuminate the diversification of mammalian tooth classes: Alexa Sadier et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40158-4
"And noctilionoid #bats evolved a huge diversity of diets in as little as 25 million years, which is a very short amount of time for these adaptations to occur."
Made a little #bat #crossstitch pattern - I’m def still learning but I think he’s pretty cute :blobfoxcute:
Let me know if you’d like to stitch it up and i can send the file!
Kameya Yoshinaga's (亀屋良長) 'MOON' depicts, unsurprisingly, a bat skimming across a full moon🦇
The inside bean paste was wonderfully flavored with caramelized nuts.
#蝙蝠 #bats #Japan #wagashi #和菓子 #Kyoto #京都 #halloween #japanesesweets
🦇BATS ABOUT BATS🌕
Generally speaking, tea ceremony uses two types of sweets: higashi (干菓子/乾菓子) and namagashi (生菓子).
As the name suggests, higashi is a type of dry confectionery, whereas namagashi are fresh sweets (typically moist) with a much shorter shelf-life.
Hello you lovelies! To have something touchable to show off in bologna, and not only a digital folio, I made this "counting to 10"- leporello. It has bats, spiders and pumpkins in it. Here's a little sneak preview. Have a spooky autumn weekend <3
#art #mastoart #childrensbooks #books #autumn #books #cats #pumpkins #spiders #bats
31 Days of Halloween
Day 20: Midnight Cravings
Monthly Patreon Art by Simargl
Me, when I'm caught rummaging through the fridge in the middle of the night. Listen, I need my shredded cheese fix.
1915 Halloween Postcard
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#Halloween #Postcard #Jackolanterns #retro #BlackCat #Vintage #Pumpkin #Ephemera #poem #catsofmastodon #caturday #witches #owls #bats
1908 - Halloween Postcard
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#Halloween #Postcard #Jackolanterns #retro #bats #Vintage #Pumpkin #Ephemera #Farmer
1911 - Halloween Postcard
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#Halloween #Postcard #Jackolanterns #retro #Witch #Vintage #Pumpkin #Ephemera #kissing #bats
Ever wanted to be a fruit bat? A friend just sent this to me and I love it: Night Flyer: A Bat's Journey - a browser-based game where you can be a bat and learn cool bat facts! 🦇
"Play as a nimble bat and take to the skies in search of fruits and moths. Try to survive as your world disappears. Bats are often misunderstood creatures, being demonized or feared in public media, but they are quite the opposite. Bats play a crucial role in our planet's ecosystem, without them, we would all suffer. I hope that through playing Night Flyer, this game will help shed new light on our furry little neighbors."
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#Halloween #Postcard #Jackolanterns #retro #BlackCat #Vintage #Pumpkin #Ephemera #moon #witches #blackcats #bats #Owls
A Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) spotted at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Centre, Singapore, on 1 Oct 2023. This one was more active, and I managed to get shots of it as it stretched its wings.
These are common bats and a colony has been roosting at the centre for many years.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185732033 ]
#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Mammals #Mammalia #Bats #Chiroptera
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#Halloween #Postcard #Jackolanterns #retro #BlackCat #Vintage #Pumpkin #Ephemera #Squash #Bats #Witches #CarsOfMastodon
October! Weeiiii! You guys! I'm already working on a couple of projects for the book fair in April 2024. One and a half down, three to go. I'm super happy with how this mini-book is turning out, so I thought I'd share a little sneak peek with ya. As you may see, the colours are autumnal (see, @apparentlyrolly I said autumnal :D).
I wish you all a happy October. Weeiii! October!
#cats #mastoart #illustration #kidlit #books #art #october #autumn #bats
Initial results from a clinical trial show an experimental vaccine produces immune responses in healthy adults against Covid-19 variants and a range of other coronaviruses.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=45257
#News #Press #Science #Business #Vaccine #SARSCoV2 #Covid19 #Coronavirus #Variants #Biotechnology #VirusLikeParticles #ClinicalTrial #Canada #Bats #Pangolins
I love these interdisciplinary One Health projects that span topical and methodological expertise. My main contribution to this work was the development of a multinomial GAMM to jointly model the circulation dynamics and epidemiology of the three viral groups.
Code and data here, all wrapped up in an #rstats {targets} pipeline: https://github.com/ecohealthalliance/sabrenet-rousettus-dynamics
#OneHealth #Bats #DiseaseEcology #Coronavirus #EpiVerse #rstats
New paper published from our Southern Africa Bat Research Network project: In a cave in Limpopo Province, South Africa, longitudinal sampling has revealed three new lineages of coronaviruses, with distinct seasonal dynamics.
This work is led by Marike Geldenhuys at the University of Pretoria Markotter Lab, with a team including myself and @epsteinjon at EcoHealth Alliance.
In Scientific Reports: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42938-w
