Today is International Bat Day… Bats are beautiful creatures, and kitties appreciate their place in the world… Let’s celebrate bats tonight…
But first, the rules…
You are all welcome to join us!
Here are few not-too-onerous PWB rules
- Do not troll the diary. If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul.
- Please do share pics of your fur kids! If you have health/behavior issues with your pets, feel free to bring it to the community.
- Pooties are cats; Woozles are dogs. Birds... are birds! Peeps are people.
- Whatever happens in the outer blog STAYS in the outer blog. If you’re having “issues” with another Kossack, keep it “out there.” This is a place to relax and play; please treat it accordingly.
- There are some pics we never post: snakes, creepy crawlies, any and all photos that depict or encourage human cruelty toward animals. These are considered “out of bounds” and will not be tolerated. If we alert you to it, please remember that we do have phobic peeps who react strongly to them. If you keep posting banned pics...well then...the Tigress will have to take matters in hand. Or, paw.
- If you’re not sure about an issue...please ask. Someone is always glad to help
8 Amazing Bat Facts
- Bats are the only mammal capable of true flight.
- Tequila is produced from agave plants that in the wild rely on bats as their primary pollinators.
- The world’s smallest bat is the Bumblebee Bat measuring up to 29 – 33 mm (1.1 –3 in) in length and 2 g (0.071 oz) in mass as a full-grown adult.
- The world’s largest bat is the Giant Golden-crowned Flying Fox with a wingspan up to 6 ft!
- The oldest known bat was a male Brandt’s myotis who lived at least 41 years.
- The fastest bat in the world is the Mexican Free-tailed Bat, flying in short bursts at speeds up to 100 mph!
- Of the 1,400+ species of bats in the world, only three are vampire bats that drink blood.
- Bracken Cave is the world’s largest bat colony. Located near San Antonio, Texas, USA, this is a summer maternity colony for up to 20 million Mexican Free-tailed Bats.
Bats and black kitties get a bad rap…
We can learn about them on tv…
We can learn about them from others…
Bats give birth while upside down...
Bats are cute…
Bats are important...
Bats eat 1200 mosquito sized bugs an hour, or roughly 6000 to 8000 bugs per night…
They are even cute when they eat...
Bats are pollinators & seed dispersers...
And kitties like bats so much, they dress up as bats…
This is not the only times bats are celebrated…
Are you a fan of bats???
This is an open thread...