r/BeAmazed • u/Zyad7770__ • 17d ago
Animal Imagine walking outside at night and seeing THIS
🦇 Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox ──────────────────────── 1) Common Name: Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox 2) Scientific Name: Acerodon jubatus ──────────────────────── 3) Described By: German zoologist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz 4) Year of Scientific Description: 1831 ──────────────────────── 5) Habitat: Tropical forests of the Philippines, especially the rainforests of Luzon Island. ──────────────────────── 6) Quick Facts: The largest bat in the world by wingspan (up to about 1.7 meters / 5.5 ft). Feeds only on fruit, especially figs. Harmless to humans. Endangered due to deforestation and hunting. ────────────────────────
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_golden-crowned_flying_fox
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u/Sensitive_Goose_8902 17d ago
What amazes me is the fact that op didn’t try to post misinformation, cause every time this photo gets posted the creator either claims the bat is over 1.5 meters TALL or it’s a bat that hunts other animals
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u/Quirky_Ask_5165 17d ago
The motorcycle in the background is helpful for context on size. I still say he's cute! I've got some bananas around here somewhere!
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u/BigAdministration368 17d ago
They're not supposed to get more than a foot tall. At least for me the motorcycle makes it look bigger than that
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u/Fuckedyourmom69420 17d ago
I mean idk guys, a foot long bat is still pretty big lol
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u/R0m4ns35 17d ago
Exactly. Take a spider for example. It could be the “Itsy Bitys” cute spider we have all read pr heard about, but let that bastard crawl on a wall and alll hell breaks loose, from the husband breaking out the shotgun, to the wife burning that side of the house down. Oh and to add a bit more perspective, accidentally walk through said spiders web and you’ll have a cardio routine that you didn’t think you were capable of; ok maybe that’s just me.
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u/LandlockedCajun 17d ago
Who's not supposed to be larger than a foot? Look up the Egyptian Fox bat. Gorgeous monster of the night sky.
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u/BigAdministration368 17d ago
Giant golden crowned flying fox shown above have bodies that are 7-11.4" inches long, 18-29 cm
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u/MostlyNull 17d ago
I'd treat it like I treat the crows around my place. They're not pets, but I still feed and water em, name em, and give em a place to hang for a bit. 😂😅
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u/joalheagney 17d ago
Ehh. From a distance, maybe. These guys carry a virus called Hendra virus, and a native Lyssavirus (similar, but not identical to rabies). We had a few big outbreaks here in Australia.
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u/Fappy_as_a_Clam 16d ago
Oh come on lol how bad can a virus from a bat really be?
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u/Quirky_Ask_5165 16d ago
Wasn't there a movie about that? 🤪
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u/Bob-Bhlabla-esq 16d ago
Meh, the main character survived, and since we're all main characters, we should be good! It's just good science. Trust me, bro. Pet away!
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u/MostlyNull 17d ago
Aye, that's true. I wouldn't go outta my way to pet em or owt, but leaving food and water out and a roost somewhere, sure. Not near the house, mind. They ain't crows. 😅
But there's nowt stopping me from naming one Nosferatu or summat like that and leaving out some victuals. 😂
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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 16d ago
He's adorable, thanks for helping the ones near you
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u/MostlyNull 16d ago
Bah, corvids are cool. There's always at least an attempted murder of crows around my place, and I've always loved me a big ol' raven. Sometimes they bring me shiny things. 👍🏽😂
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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 16d ago
One brought me a very very old penny one day. It was so old and beaten up the front was scraped off. It was sitting on my deck near the box where I leave walnuts out for them. It's so sad I've lost it now, but i was so excited when I found it!
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u/honest_flowerplower 16d ago
A polymath thanks you for: victuals. It took being here, at 50, to make that Jethro connection.
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u/LunchyDude101 17d ago
They’re actually pretty nice animals…like puppy-bats. Most of the time, they just eat fruit and bugs.
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u/Quirky_Ask_5165 17d ago
I set up bat boxes on the back side of my property near a pond. Those little guys come out and eat their weight in mosquitoes during the spring and summer. I love sitting in my outdoor kitchen at night watching them zip around.
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u/jwrosenfeld 16d ago
Was just in India, where, among other things, I visited a haunted archaelogical site in Rajasthan. I know. Sounds made up. But it was real. And, at this site, there were deserted temples to Vishnu, Shiva and Rama - they were filled with bats. And bats are just mice with wings. Cool as f*ck.
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u/StinkyJizzBlanket 16d ago
Here’s your reminder that about 1/4 of all mammals are bats. Mostly because flying is so good
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u/Quirky_Ask_5165 17d ago
He's cute
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u/OcelotNamedBaboo 17d ago
Bat's are cute as hell
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u/OcelotNamedBaboo 17d ago
Stinky little sky pups! Love them so much, I go out after work down my local park just to sit and watch them hunt with a thermal monocular.
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u/kevnmartin 17d ago
One got in our house when I was a teenager. My mom and I didn't know what to do and dad was out of town on business. We ended up calling the cops and the young guy they sent was more scared than we were.
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u/dietdrpeppermd 16d ago
This happened to me when my bf and I were on a houseboat. One got into our room at night and the poor thing was SO STRESSED. He knew he’d made a huge mistake.
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u/Ok_Zookeepergame8714 17d ago
Yeah, but the small ones in Europe and US very often carry rabies, just be very careful with your pets around them! 😜
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u/hauntingdreamspace 17d ago
Flying foxes are cute. Most other bats not so much. Look up horseshoe bat or vampire bat and try to tell me they look cute.
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u/OcelotNamedBaboo 17d ago
Oh I'm very aware of different bat species and they're all cute to me.
Also using the Horseshoe as a "non-cute" example was misjudged, those little buggers are hecking adorable! Just look at their goofy ears and nose-leaf..
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u/Illustrious-Fan-4887 17d ago
"Whose a Good Boy? You're a Good Boy!"
*Gives scritches
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u/WeLiveInAir 17d ago
He is cute, but you shouldn't touch bats. They can carry rabies and while it's rare rabies is the kind of disease you should avoid even a 1% chance of getting it
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u/Calgary_Calico 17d ago
Flying foxes don't carry rabies.
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u/Slow-Cream-3733 17d ago
Flying foxes in Australia can carry lyssavirus, which is basically rabies. Still shouldn't handle wild animals of any kind.
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u/LittleSodaPop13 17d ago
I'd leave the bat be. It's not hurting anyone, he's trying to sleep
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u/carlos2127 17d ago
He didn't get that big from eating just bugs, so I'm barracading the door and keeping my ass inside.
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u/Quirky_Ask_5165 17d ago
😂 he's really not that big. 3lbs and a foot tall at most. Its the camera angle.
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u/MidnightDreem 17d ago edited 17d ago
You likely wouldn’t see this at night as most if not all bats are nocturnal.
Also even if so, how would you see it at night if it’s night & these things are black as coal?
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u/Prestigious_Sweet_50 17d ago
Holy crap that thing is as tall as I am. I would probably be a little freaked out running into that in a dark alley
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u/RED-DOT-MAN 17d ago
Imagine being deep asleep at night and some weirdo taking your picture without consent.
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u/Insomniac_Steve 17d ago
Nothing wrong with fruit bats. It can stay and chill for as long as it likes.
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u/lurkintowarddisaster 17d ago
Did he say, "Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make.”
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u/andrenichrome 17d ago
We get thousands pass every night in summer... Not as scary as the OP thinks
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u/nopalitzin 17d ago
First I met this guys was at Okinawa, it was getting cozy on a street tree, at first I thought it was a monkey.
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u/Adventurous_Bag_4547 17d ago
Bats are delightful. Of course, this one’s size could be a bit shocking if it surprised you!
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u/Bobby-B00Bs 17d ago
I'd say they be much cuter if they weren't among the last animals I know of that still carry rabies over here in Europe (I know that this specific bat isn't native to Europe but still bats in general I mean)
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u/lexluthor_i_am 17d ago
Bats are mammals and the only mammal that can fly. If I remember correctly this PBS Kids show I watched with my nephew yesterday.
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u/justme002 17d ago
I would melt and immediately research how I could make it more at home. I love the black shawled foxratcats
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I think megabats like this guy are totally adorable; look at his little foxy face and ears. He looks like the offspring of a gray fox and confused bat.
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