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batclawsss · 1 year

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Some cool fun facts abt the New Zealand short tailed bat! My fav :)) feel free to add more about other bat species btw

They’re the only mammal native to New Zealand! All other mammals originated in other countries. Even sheep aren’t *actually* from New Zealand

They have wings but don’t fly! They prefer walking on the ground

They are small :)

#bats #fun facts #til #til that #fun fact #bat #New Zealand short tailed bat #new zealand

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transgender-chiroptera · 11 months

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New Zealand Long Tailed Bat (probably), via NZ Bat Conservation

#identifed by omission because the nose isnt quite right to be either of the short tailed ones #but I may be wrong #bat #New Zealand Long Tailed Bat #microbat #cw bugs #q #chiroptera

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antiqueanimals · 2 years

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Mammals II. 1972.

1.) New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata)

2.) Molossus sp.

3.) Hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)

4.) Molossus sp.

5.) Black mastiff bat (Molossus rufus)

#bats #new zealand lesser short-tailed bat #hairless bats #black mastiff bat

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mammalidentifier · 7 months

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You have said that the common vampire bat is the only bat species capable of running and jumping like it does on the ground. However there are a couple other species of vampire bat right? Can they not do this? I don’t think they’re as well studied so maybe we’ve never seen it

There are two other vampire bat species, yes! The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) and the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi):

I don’t think quadrupedal locomotion has been observed on the hairy-legged vampire bat, but it has been observed on the white-winged vampire bat! They’re not as agile at it as their common vampire bat cousins, though, and they mostly stick to climbing trees. A reason for that might be that both of these vampire bats vastly prefer preying on birds rather than terrestrial mammals, unlike common vampire bats! In fact, they were thought to only ever feed on birds until very recently: the white-winged vampire bat has first been documented preying on mammals in 1996 and the hairy-legged vampire bat in 2016.

While it’s not a vampire bat, however, there’s another bat species that’s almost as agile on land as the common vampire bat: the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata)! While they can’t run like common vampire bats do, they can climb and walk at surprisingly high speeds:

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#This comes at the cost of not being as good fliers as other bats though!#Answers #anonymous #Bats

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strawbebearts · 2 months

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Pokemon Challenge 2024! #1081 Peka.

Peka is a Flying type based on the New Zealand short-tailed bat or pekapeka. Pekapeka are endangered all over NZ like a lot of our other natives due to introduced predators and destruction of habitat. Pekapeka are known to sing to attract mates, and I think this is such cute pokemon behaviour - imagine one of these little round dudes singing a little doot doot tune from a comfy tree perch!

Find the rest of the Te'Roa set in my master post!

#art #my art #pokemon #pokemon challenge 2024 #new zealand #pokemon art #fakemon #bats #flying type

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dungeonofthedragon · 5 months

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Homebrew Species: Pekapeka

Recently the amazing Kelly Whyte released Lineages of the Long White Cloud. This amazing supplement for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons introduces magic items, monsters, and even playable species inspired by the wildlife of Aotearoa New Zealand.

As the creator encourages homebrew, I tried my hand at some of my own! Meet the pekapeka: fun furry bat folk based on our native short-tailed bats.

#5e homebrew #lineages of the long white cloud #aotearoa #new zealand #dungeons and dragons #homebrew species #batfolk #dnd homebrew #dnd 5e #pekapeka

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bookwyrminspiration · 2 years

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For your answer on number 6, I can think of lots of animals that could be/would've been taken in by the elves

1. Kākāpō, there's only 104 of them in the entirety of new zealand

2. White Heron, only 100-104 of them

3. Moa, extinct

4. Huia, extinct

5. Ha'ast Eagle

5. Maui's Dolphin (that's the actual name), only 55 of them

6. Greater short tailed bat. The exact population is unknown but they're listed as endangered

I'm mostly thinking about the Moa and Ha'ast eagle, though, as they are very extinct, and I lowkey think they'd fit into the world.

The Moa was about 3 meters (Roughly 9 ft tall). They were similar to Emu in stature, but fatter and with thicker legs. Their feathers were similar to a kiwi's feathers.

The Ha'ast eagle had a wingspan of 3 meters (Roughly 9 ft) and often fought and killed Emus. From what I can tell, they looked like standard eagles aside from the size

Tuatara might be included in the sanctuary, just because they're endangered and also are legitimate dinosaurs. Like, they are the last species of a reptile that thrived in the triassic period. They aren't lizards. They have a third eye. They're absolutely epic and I love them with my whole heart. Also they take about 35 years to fully mature, and live to 60 years on average but can live up to around a century.

-Heathen

(for context, this is in response to an ask I answered a while ago talking about how more human animals fit into the elven world)

I agree with you! In fact, it's technically canon that these animals would be looked after by the elves. No animals have ever gone extinct (to their knowledge, but as humans are aware of these they would be too) under their care and they look after those that in danger of doing so, which would include all of these! I'm sure there are innumerable other species throughout different counties all around the world that would be protected by the elves.

When answering that ask game I was thinking more along the terms of dogs and horses because those were the examples given. Really well known, widespread, non-magical animals that are associated with typical human life. So that's where my "they don't fit" answer came from. For endangered species that changes because it's explicitly stated that the elves work to prevent extinction.

They definitely would be caring for all these creatures, and they're probably chilling out in the sanctuary right now. it's one of those "it's not directly mentioned but is entirely supported by canon" things! Shannon will likely never say anything about the Moa or the Ha'ast eagle, but since no species has gone extinct they'd have to be cared for!

That's a long way of saying I agree with you, but I agree with you!

Also for fun, to those seeing this ask under the cut are pictures of most of the animals Heathen is talking about! The only one I didn't include was the White Heron, which is because google is telling me the White Heron isn't actually in danger. The white-bellied heron is, but not the white heron, and to avoid confusion I'm just omitting it

but otherwise here are a lot of animal pics!

Kākāpō

Moa, extinct

Huia, extinct

Ha'ast Eagle

Maui's Dolphin

Greater Short Tailed Bat

Tuatara

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#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #quil's queries #heathen nonsie #kotlc worldbuilding #i started looking up animal pictures as I was reading your ask and went hey why not share #so now I have shared #thank you for the animal knowledge <33 #I hope they are all thriving at the sanctuary!#i didn't take them into consideration in my answer because these are not animals incorporated like into human lives. at least to my knowled #ge. maybe I am wrong in which case I apologize #does that distinction make sense?#I am probably over explaining myself I'll stop now #long post

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nat0041 · 2 years

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ST characters as bats part 1: the Spicy Six

Eddie Munson- common vampire bat

Steve Harrington- Indian fruit bat

Robin Buckley- New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat

Nancy Wheeler- greater bulldog bat

Jonathan Byers- common pipistrelle

Argyle- hammer-headed fruit bat

#nat scribbles #my art #stranger things #eddie munson #steve harrington #robin buckley #nancy wheeler #jonathan byers #stranger things argyle #bat au

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4shfur · 1 year

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hiiiiiiiiiii what's your top 5 bats. bats of all time

OKAY YAY TOP FIVE JAMIE FAV BATS TIME. in no particular order

1. egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) CUTE TINY BABIES. all they think about is b cute and eat fruit 🥭 they help mango farmers by only eating mangos that ripen early or that are missed by farmers. By doing this they prevent the fruits from molding and attracting fruit flies :))) OOH and also they are in the only genus of flying foxes with echolocation. they echolocate by clicking their tongue or with sounds made by their wings!!!

2. VAMPIRE BATS. this is three seperate species/genera but AGHHH I LOVE THEM. Hairy legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecudata) is my fav bcs of his big eyes 🥺 <— him

anyways THEY R SO COOL. they form lifelong bonds w/ each other and share food by regurgitating blood ☺️☺️☺️ they also adopt orphans. Their saliva is 20x more effective then any man-made anticlotting agents and is being studied to make medicines for people with strokes and such :D ALSO THEYRE THE ONLY BATS THAT CAN WALK!!! theyre fast enough to run on a treadmill!!!! Im so proud of them!!!!they dont have enamel on their front fangs, which keeps them sharp all the time and they r the only mammal that lives entirely off blood. its theorized they evolved from insectivorous bats that ate bugs off the wounds off of other animals :)

3. PALLID BATS (PALLIDUS ANTROZOUS) ever been stung by a scorpion? i havent, but i bet it would hurt like shit. luckily, pallid bats are IMMUNE to scorpion and centipede stings. that is so cool. they are also super good pollinators!!! most nectar bats have really long snouts 2 hold their long tongues but pallid bat doesnt! so they just shove their faces in the flower and get pollen. everywhere. also… they have….. TWINS!!! TWO BABY BATS

4. brazilian free tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) these guys are everything. fastest bats, fastest mammals, fastest flying animal powered by their own flight (almost 100 mph!!!!) they smell like corn tortillas because they emit an aromatic chemical compound called 2-aminoacetophenone.

They have the biggest urban colony (1.5 million bats under congress avenue bridge) and biggest colony IN THE WORLD (20 million bats in bracken cave), both located in texas. the floor of bracken cave is covered in 70 feet of guano. the dermestid beetles in the cave ingest the guano and produce even more ammonia fumes that will make you pass out if you dont wear proper protection. people used to mine guano in the caves with nothing but a bandana.

its a nursery colony, so around 10 million females come during the summer and the size doubles to 20 million when the pups are born. 500 babies or 300 adults fit in 1 square foot.sometimes the babies fall and the dermestid beetles eat them to a skeleton within hours. The bats emerge from the cave in three seperate emergences in a spiral called a "bat-nado" which helps them gain momentum. Their wings are long and thin and their tail is too, it helps them with fast, direct, flight.

5. spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) super epic. The largest bat in Yangochiropteria. They use both echolocation and sight to hunt and they can pounce like cats >:3€ they eat rodents, birds, insects, and OTHER BATS HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHQHQHA they also form cute little families 🥰🥰🥰 oh also goth from silverwing is a spectral bat!!! honestly it was such a missed opprotunity not to make him look more like a spectral bat in the show?????? it wouldve been way cooler and menacing then his actual design lol

honorable mentions: wrinkle faced bat (Centurio senex) heart nosed bat (Cardioderma cor) little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), new zealand lesser short tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata)

#bats #zin speaks

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yolacricket · 2 months

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allaboutbats · 3 months

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Short-tailed bats are unique to New Zealand & are currently classified as endangered. There are 2 types of short-tailed bat; the Greater Short-tailed bat (Mystacina robusta) last sighted in 1967 & believed to be extinct, and the Lesser Short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata). They weigh 12-15g & have pointed ears, a free tail & mousy-grey fur.

It is one of two extant & three terrestrial mammal species unique to NZ. It has been suggested that the Mystacinidae originated on the Australian continent, becoming isolated when Gondwana split into smaller continents. Thus they have millions of years of unique evolutionary history. It’s estimated they became a district family somewhere between 68 and 35 million years ago. 20 million years ago two genera emerged from the family: Mystacina & Icarops. Fossils of Icarops have been found throughout Australia. Mystacina migrated from Aus to NZ becoming the first mammals on the islands. Fossils prove they were present during the Miocene. The island was free of land based predators at the time, explaining why they developed the ability to forage on the ground and in the air.

They are threatened by habitat loss, roost disturbance and by introduced predators such as rats and cats.

#Short-tailed bat #Bats

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davisexplainableart · 6 months

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(The only way I'm ever gonna fully acknowledge Tommy and Tara's size difference is if they're different animals, like this segment here)

October 27, 2006:

TOMMY AND TARA IN: BATS OF TERROR

Tara: What kind of bats are we, anyway?

Tommy: What do you mean?

Tara: Well, there's the leaf-nosed bat of (South?) America, and then there's the short-tailed bat of New Zealand... Yeah, what kind of-

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Okay, 3 things:

The reason that the transcript is incomplete is because there currently isn't a full recording of the segment online.

Yes, this is the same unoriginal bat design that I've used previously for other bat-related content.

Yes, I know that the Fridays logo I've included to represent the "Yes!" era isn't the one they used (they actually used a fully-graffiti version of the Fridays logo), but I couldn't find an HQ version of the correct logo, so I used something else.

#CNFridays20 #Cartoon Network Fridays #CNF #CNFridays #CNF20 #Tommy Snider #Tara Sands #CN Fridays #Cartoon Network #CN #CartoonNetwork

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battingforhours · 1 year

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Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui: Day Three

Saturday. The third day. Moving day. Although as one Twitter user pointed out, every day is a moving day when this England side are involved. Sure enough, runs flowed thick and fast in a rollicking opening session.

The banks were close to full on this busiest day of the match, with locals and visitors alike basking in more sunshine as England looked to set New Zealand an insurmountable target.

Tim Southee immediately deployed Neil Wagner and his short ball barrage, which was a surprise given the ball would still have been relatively new and likely to nip around off a good length. He accounted for Stuart Broad fairly swiftly, but Ollie Pope went on the counter attack and hooked three sixes onto the grass bank. Wails of anguish from Wagner as the ball sailed over the fielders couldn’t quite disguise the futility of the tactic. Southee blinked, and removed him from the attack — or so we thought. It was merely a change of ends. Runs kept flowing, with Pope swatting one through an empty mid-on before eventually misjudging one and gloving through to Tom Blundell. Wagner had two wickets but 62 runs against his name after seven overs. And then Harry Brook walked to the crease.

The short balls kept coming, and they also kept going. Wagner didn’t have enough pace to trouble Brook, who could choose to hit the ball anywhere in a 360° arc. Sixes rained again, with one dropped catch in the crowd at long on followed by one that was held at cow corner. Wagner has the heart of a lion and kept pounding in despite the utter futility of the tactic, and the speed with which England we’re taking the game away from New Zealand. When he was finally taken off, with figures of 11-0-104-2, he was going at a higher economy rate than the great Australian leg-spinner Bryce McGain when he achieved cult status with figures of 18-2-149-0.

The madness of the approach was highlighted by the impressive Blair Tickner, who hit a good length and extracted just enough seam movement to induce an edge from the seemingly unstoppable Brook, who had to depart for 54 from 41 balls. Joe Root at the other end had been accumulating nicely, and with England still seeking a lead of 400 they could have done with a classic innings of speedy accumulation from him. Instead, he found a way to get out playing the reverse sweep for the second time in the match, this time against the innocuous spin of Michael Bracewell. Dismissed on the stroke of tea, New Zealand sensed the possibility of knocking over the tail and leaving themselves a chasable target.

Ben Foakes had emerged ahead of Ben Stokes, much to everyone’s interest. It seemed like a sensible tactic, as England needed to bat through the middle session to ensure they could take the new ball in the twilight. For all the analysis, it simply turned out that Stokes had been on the toilet when Brook had been dismissed, so Foakes walked out in his place. Tactics, eh.

Whilst it still contained a healthy number of runs (112), the middle session was a slower and more classical one as England guarded against a premature end to the innings. Stokes seems to be struggling to master his role in leading from the front with the bat — caught between wanting to play with style, or with substance. Initial watchfulness gave way to some runscoring strokeplay, before a wasteful dismissal as he ran down and played a hopeless shot across the line against the spin of Bracewell. Stumped indeed.

Ollie Robinson treated New Zealand’s latest attempt at short-pitched bowling with disdain, making a very handy 39, whilst Foakes brought up a measured and responsible half-century that demonstrated the value of having a brain, as well as a team containing multiple styles of player. Tickner managed to nick him off two deliveries after a ball change, which is how it goes sometimes, but it had been an important knock despite being much less eyecatching than those that had gone before.

Shortly after dinner, the innings was done, with Jack Leach charging past a spinning Bracewell delivery that gave him his third wicket. Despite taking a circuitous route, England were happy to reach their desired destination, with two hours of bowling in twilight conditions to look forward to and 394 runs to work with.

The Daily Telegraph had announced after day two that Stuart Broad was no longer in England’s strongest XI. I wonder if he’d seen the article himself. If there is one thing his career has told us, it’s that you do not write him off.

After an expensive first over, what followed was one of the most majestic spells of seam bowling you could wish to see. Landing the ball on a perfect length, Broad extracted just enough seam movement to beat the bat and hit the top of the stumps — not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times! Conway, Williamson, Latham and Blundell all processed back to the pavilion having failed to lay a bat on these deliveries, as the headbanded Broad ran amok and ruined any faint hopes of victory. He was pumped up, charging in, enlivening the crowd. For all the visits to Tests and overs that Broad has bowled, this was the first time witnessing one of his famous spells — how thrilling it was.

Stokes couldn’t get the ball out of Broad’s hands. He was even charging at full tilt to chase balls to the boundary, hurling himself around despite New Zealand being over 350 runs away from victory with five wickets in hand — Robinson had nicked off Henry Nicholls, who must have been pleased at least to have managed to lay a bat on it, unlike his four mates. Eventually, with figures of 10-5-21-4, he was taken off, having provided a simply magnificent spectacle as the sun (and New Zealand’s chances) disappeared.

Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell restored some respectability, even indulging in some creative timewasting to limit the damage England could cause in the dark. The umpires protested, yet they took the players off as soon as time was up, showing just how powerless and meek they are on such matters. New Zealand had limped to 63/5 at the close, and whilst wickets will likely be harder to come by when play resumes in the mid-afternoon sunshine, the writing is on the wall.

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danwebster37 · 1 year