#BatAppreciationMonth
It’s been fun. 🧡🦇
🦇 Today marks the end of #batweek & #batappreciationmonth but remember, bats don't need a hashtag to be appreciated all the time! And they need to be appreciated, as do all the volunteers who care for, survey and give up their time to educate and bring bat awareness around the world - thank you ❤️
Finishing off #BatAppreciationMonth with vampire bats🦇
Tavares et al. (2022) used ancient DNA from yellow-eared Vampyressa holotypes to test species boundaries—bringing clarity to this cryptic genus 🦇 Read the study: buff.ly/mVsR7pm
#taxonomy #systematics #biodiversity 🎃 Happy Halloween from SAB!
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Bats--from--Vanishing-Animals/B89DE009D548AD08
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #AndyWarhol #VanishingAnimals
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)
BATS, 1986
(from VANISHING ANIMALS)
Screenprint in colours
🦇 Celebrate #BatAppreciationMonth with #WillEskridge @donutbat.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/Hm0QD...
"Truffles" 🧡🦇🧡
This is for the PBC&R for the time my Kiddo saw a picture of a bat they rescued and said that she looks like a truffle and they named her Truffles!
#BatAppreciationMonth #PennsylvaniaBatConservationandRehabilitation #Trufflesthebat #Easternredbat #bats #Harvestmoon
Image of a giant bat-like being; the natives of Renwick were once known as "bats"
At the end of #BatAppreciationMonth 🦇
The natives of Renwick were once known as "bats" because of the monstrous bat-like creature inhabiting their ruined church
From: 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#folklore #lakedistrict #booksky
https://collections.heritage.brussels/fr/objects/45551
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #ArtNouveau #Belgian #LéonSneyers
Léon Sneyers (1877 - 1949)
CHAUVE-SOURIS, ca. 1910
Draft of a wallpaper motif
Happy #BatAppreciationMonth
🦇 Celebrate #BatAppreciationMonth with #WillEskridge @donutbat.bsky.social ...
youtube.com/shorts/jXOyu...
https://www.saatchiart.com/en-de/art/Painting-bat/833666/12736373/view
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Contemporary #SouthKorean
Aeran Jang
BAT, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth #BatMusic
#DreiHexen 🇧🇷 #GrandeVitoria #EspiritoSanto
O MORCEGO (THE BAT)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fou1...
🦇 Let's celebrate #BatAppreciationMonth with #WillEskridge @donutbat.bsky.social. It's almost impossible to catch up with Will's creativity these days! Those familiar with Will's oeuvre might feel the reverberations of his SHEENA IS A PIZZA ROCKER!
youtube.com/shorts/l9JI5...
For #TaxonomyTuesday 🦇
Grunwald et al. review variation in morphological and molecular characters in the Tropical African vespertilionid bat genus 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), describing a new species.
Read here: buff.ly/DM4e4EQ
@batgirlsusan.bsky.social #BatAppreciationMonth
🦇 Celebrate #BatAppreciationMonth with #WillEskridge @donutbunnie.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/2wT4B...
https://www.deviantart.com/mystacinidae/art/African-Yellow-Winged-Bat-155584088
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Contemporary
mystacinidae (pseudonym)
AFRICAN YELLOW WINGED BAT, 2010)
Watercolour
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/18592/lot/94/a-famille-rose-porcelain-gourds-and-bats-snuff-bottle-imperial-kilns-jingdezhen-qianlong-iron-red-seal-mark-and-of-the-period-1740-1775/
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #Chinese #18thCentury
#Jingdezhen #Qianlong
GOURDS AND BATS, 1740 - 1775
Snuff bottle, 'famille rose' porcellain
🦇 🦇🇮🇱 #BatAppreciationMonth
(Not only) for #Fruitbat lovers. Lunchtime at the #IsraeliBatSanctuary:
youtube.com/shorts/u4LWX...
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth #BatWeek
www.batcon.org/ghost-hunters/
https://www.artsonia.com/museum/art.asp?id=141137714
🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #BatAppreciationMonth #YoungBatArt: always bold, energetic and vibrant! Today's #YoungBatArtist is Dawson5587, Grade 2, Green Valley Elementary, Boone, North Carolina. School project: "2nd Bats & Moons," art teacher: Ashley Tate
https://www.willeskridge.com/product/wicked-wavelengths-cassette-tape-with-bat-original-painting/?srsltid=AfmBOorObiCHiZ-N4k8QoidINLQr_waaqDOzzjjzyaG-QM5T8Nc9Raqg
🦇 #BatAppreciationMonth
#BatsInArt #PreciousBats #American #Contemporary #WillEskridge
Will Eskridge
WICKED WAVELENGTHS EPIC CASSETTE TAPE WITH BAT (detail)
Acrylic on canvas
Bat Week is an international, annual celebration designed to raise awareness about the need for bat conservation. Bats are amazing creatures that are vital to the health of our natural world and economy. #BatAppreciationMonth #BatWeek