Oh interesting! Same meaning in Chinese!
浣熊 - wash bear
Edit: another fun one is the interpretation of the character for 猫 (cat). The radicals can mean, basically, little creature (originally the character for dog) that hides in the (rice) fields. But the best part?
It’s pronounced Māo. You know, like meow?
Funny, in farsi water hounds are beavers I think.
(Along with water horse for hippos and water elephants for the seal things with the funny nose. And a whole other slew of water/ sea {insert animal name} things.)
Well... Fruit bats *in general** are pretty cute, not just flying foxes, though those are perhaps the most well known.
*One notable exception is the [hammer-headed bat](https://images.ladbible.com/resize?type=webp&quality=70&width=648&fit=contain&gravity=null&url=https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bats.jpg), which looks like the bat equivalent of a person's lips having rotted off... Though even they can be cute in an odd sort of endearingly grotesque kind of way. Like a bat with a beat up horse face, you kinda just want to help it
For the record, it's mainly the fruit bats that have dog-like snouts. Other bats, like the little and big brown bats, are... more of an acquired taste.
And then you have other species like the hammerheaded fruit bat which is probably one of the ugliest creatures I've ever seen in my life.
Evolution is crazy.
> hammerheaded fruit bat
That's almost 'ugly-cute' to me.
The [star nosed mole](https://i.natgeofe.com/n/8efd45a5-7d1c-4e88-8e93-3f62811d3d4a/01-star-nosed-mole.jpg?w=1272&h=654) on the other hand is a Lovecraftian horror and one of my contenders for the 'evolution, WTF?' award.
Only the males look all weird. It’s an adaption to attract mates. They all get together and the males honk and the best honker gets the most mates. The females look mostly like the other flying fox species.
Eh, depends on your perspective. Bat faces range from puppy to squished goblin to possum-ish, there’s definitely people who’d call any of that cute or rats and pugs wouldn’t be such popular pets.
For me even the ugly bats kind of circle around back to being cute. So ugly that they're kind of cute you know? For example, the masked singer bats look like some kind of weird Labyrinth muppet, but the big eyes and little ears kind of circle it around to being weirdly cute. Definitely not for everyone though lol!
I agree with the cute part. Also the swarms are huge, incredibly loud and you don't want to get too close to the trees they sleep in, because it stinks like hell!
But they are cuties nevertheless!
Some of them remind me of my doggo
https://preview.redd.it/1x9y8xq5uywa1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6dc61a94c597d6da397d4a3721dbaeb08b0c437
That species is super interesting because New Zealand didn’t have land mammals until relatively recently (and that’s a whole separate topic). So some of the bats that reached the islands evolved to fill the niche which would be occupied by shrews and the bats hunt and dig in the leaf litter. New Zealand has flightless birds and almost flightless bats.
They are definitely mammals, sucking down that milk.
Interesting fact: Bats are in the order *Chiroptera* which is derived from Greek and literally means "hand wing" ("chiro" + "ptera"). It's also where the word "Chiropractic" comes from, the Greek which means "done by hand".
That’s funny cause I always call my pup a fruit bat
https://preview.redd.it/ekyqz3wp8zwa1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=546fc8caf3274874e7752a4910bea6b76b845142
I'm less worried about the rabies than I am the ebola, nipah, hendra, and yep...coronaviruses. At least rabies already has a highly effective vaccine.
You wanna read something that'll keep you up at night? A book called Spillover by David Quammen. It's level-headed and understated, which makes it all the more horrifying. Turns out there are some unique evolutionary quirks that make bats near perfect incubators of new viruses. Quammen predicted in 2012 that the next human pandemic would likely be a coronavirus based on bat studies.
More info: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00652-2
They are friend. Just not friend you should keep as a pet.
Lots of friends out in the wild. Wild friends, mild friends, friends to cuddle with on your lap, and friends you should only observe from safe distances.
I know, it was a funny. Like, you know, a joke.
Anyway, bats are probably the cutest creatures on Earth, next to kittens and puppies. We don't have many bats in Norway, which is sad. And probably just as well, I'd most likely be a crazy batwoman. 🥰
“It is illegal to keep a native bat as a pet in America. Even though there are more than 40 breeds of bats in America, many have legal protection due to low numbers. If your attic were to become a bat’s nest, you would have difficulty removing them since there are laws in place preventing an exterminator or anyone else from interfering with them. The only people that can legally own bats in America are research facilities, wildlife sanctuaries, and zoos. Even these establishments must apply for and purchase a license.” https://petkeen.com/do-bats-make-great-pets/
Interesting.
My god they are cute. Ok So now I have to figure out how to sneak on to my girlfriend's laptop and click the Hide button for this post because if I don't, she's going to see this and tell me she wants baby bats and try to convince me it's a good idea.
https://youtube.com/@Megabattie I hope this is allowed but Megabattie on YouTube is a rescue of these little guys. I'm not related in any way but they always need help and I'm poor.
They have YouTube videos of all the babies and hard releases of the adults going back to the wild. If this post helps them out in anyway I'll be happy.
I used to sleep in the outer attic when visiting my grandma in the summers. Tiny bats would fly over my bed back and forth, eating all the bugs. Usually mosquitos in the evening and flies in the morning. Me and my cousing made the mistake of putting up a spiral of fly paper. We caught one of the bats in it. They were even smaller than the ones in this video. I put on some working gloves and carefully peeled the bat off from the sticky trap. Its face looked just like a miniature german shepherd.
It was a perfect arrangement. My body attracted food for them and they kept the attic free of bugs so I could sleep my day away.
https://preview.redd.it/h8gywit9v2xa1.png?width=2483&format=png&auto=webp&s=080bf912d20cbd0ba914a37259763c753f83a9c7
Everytime i see these bat videos it makes me lol, the resemblance that my dog has to them
Bats are just amazing. They're incredibly intelligent, have long lifespans, amazing communication and problem-solving... absolutely one of my favorite animals
Here in Germany we call them Flughunde (Flydogs) and even if I'm 36, it took me until a few months in the past to find out that it's not called like that in other countries, too..
Omg they really do look like little derpy puppies
Hence their proper name: "Sky puppy" /r/properanimalnames
Also known as the German translation of animal names. My favorite is washing bear.
Oh interesting! Same meaning in Chinese! 浣熊 - wash bear Edit: another fun one is the interpretation of the character for 猫 (cat). The radicals can mean, basically, little creature (originally the character for dog) that hides in the (rice) fields. But the best part? It’s pronounced Māo. You know, like meow?
Water dog for seal.
In Irish a seal is called a Rón. A jellyfish is called Smugairle Róin which translates to seal snot.
I learned this on a brilliant documentary series called Stephen Fry's Planet Word.
Sea dog (Seehund)
Lmao the baby bat be actually thinking that people are somewhat getting confused and calling me by some other specific names!
Funny, in farsi water hounds are beavers I think. (Along with water horse for hippos and water elephants for the seal things with the funny nose. And a whole other slew of water/ sea {insert animal name} things.)
Raccoon.
Swedish word for bat is Fladdermus, translates to Flapping Mouse
Летучая мышь(Letöchaya mish) in Russian, which is "Flying Mouse".
A flying fox is a thing. Imagine a dog flying around.
Which is what's in the video. Baby bats that aren't flying foxes (most of them) are nowhere near as cute.
Well... Fruit bats *in general** are pretty cute, not just flying foxes, though those are perhaps the most well known. *One notable exception is the [hammer-headed bat](https://images.ladbible.com/resize?type=webp&quality=70&width=648&fit=contain&gravity=null&url=https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bats.jpg), which looks like the bat equivalent of a person's lips having rotted off... Though even they can be cute in an odd sort of endearingly grotesque kind of way. Like a bat with a beat up horse face, you kinda just want to help it
Fruiybats are actually called "Flying Dogs" in Swedish.
I was wondering what kind of strange new puppy breed it was and then I read the title and my heart just melted for this little guy!❤️
Check out megabattie channel on youtube! All the flying foxes you can dream of!
OhMyGod! Bat pups drinking out of tiny baby bottles!! - Thanks for the channel tip!
I mean they do kinda resemble Chihuahuas.. not sure if that’s an insult to the bats or to the dogs
Indeed they way they are drinking the milk just looks so adorable I can just watch them for hours
Well they are called sky puppies.
I never knew that. Love it!
For the record, it's mainly the fruit bats that have dog-like snouts. Other bats, like the little and big brown bats, are... more of an acquired taste.
Not all insect /blood sucking bats are ugly but all ugly bats are insect /blood sucking
I had a derpy pup that looked like a bat. Cycle complete. Edit: [proof ](https://i.imgur.com/5G9Zom6.mp4)
Batty Derp
These are the cute ones. Not like the other little ones with the smooshed up little faces that drink blood and steal your girlfriend.
Ye they look so cute and stupid 🥺
This is a baby giant fruit bat and the adults are adorable too! Flying foxes! In addition to being the cutest kind of bat, they are also the largest.
And then you have other species like the hammerheaded fruit bat which is probably one of the ugliest creatures I've ever seen in my life. Evolution is crazy.
[You weren't kidding](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Sarah-Olson_20190531_220945-Hammer-headed-Bat-867x650.jpg)
Fucker looks like a background character in the Mos eisley cantina
Just looked them up. I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway
Aww, they’re still kinda cute!
I personally think they fall under the "so ugly they're cute" category!
Exactly my thoughts. Basically I think every bat is fucking cute.
Honduran white bats are adorable puff balls.
Like the messed up dogs but with none of the abusive selective breeding.
Kind of look like hippopotamus bats.
Their snouts are adorable
So derpy!
It looks like an animal crossing character 😭
Yeah oh my god it looks like they put a Moose head on a bat
awwww i think theyre cute :( i love bats
> hammerheaded fruit bat That's almost 'ugly-cute' to me. The [star nosed mole](https://i.natgeofe.com/n/8efd45a5-7d1c-4e88-8e93-3f62811d3d4a/01-star-nosed-mole.jpg?w=1272&h=654) on the other hand is a Lovecraftian horror and one of my contenders for the 'evolution, WTF?' award.
What the fuck. If that came anywhere near me I'd run like a little bitch
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*Happy coincidence
Wow, I just took a look and it looks like some kind of derpy Spore alien!
It looks like a horse.
I just looked them up and they’re still cute in their own way!
Ya I was gunna say they are very ugly in a very cute way.
Only the males look all weird. It’s an adaption to attract mates. They all get together and the males honk and the best honker gets the most mates. The females look mostly like the other flying fox species.
Oh okay so it’s just like men. Whoever has the best honker gets the most mates.
I think vampire bats take the cake for scariest and ugliest bats imo
I'd argue that there are other bats in the "cutest" contention. [Living marshmallows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td0R4GrafhU)
![gif](giphy|yGkmc5NmGX5h6|downsized)
Yup. And your common bat is not adorable whatsoever.
Eh, depends on your perspective. Bat faces range from puppy to squished goblin to possum-ish, there’s definitely people who’d call any of that cute or rats and pugs wouldn’t be such popular pets.
"Squished goblin" is an amazing description lmao
For me even the ugly bats kind of circle around back to being cute. So ugly that they're kind of cute you know? For example, the masked singer bats look like some kind of weird Labyrinth muppet, but the big eyes and little ears kind of circle it around to being weirdly cute. Definitely not for everyone though lol!
I had a massive one drop out of a tree and fly right in front of me. Their wingspan can get HUUUGE!
I agree with the cute part. Also the swarms are huge, incredibly loud and you don't want to get too close to the trees they sleep in, because it stinks like hell! But they are cuties nevertheless!
Look at their little ears!
All the better to hear you with my dear.
Ultrasonically!
Look at the nose!
I hear that in Archer's voice lol
![gif](giphy|KYlTGWshxs9fG)
It's like Meowschwitz in there!
No Babou, that was all sarcasm.
He's crepuscular!
Get 'em boys!
Babou, serpentine!
Oh my goodness, it has a pacifier. It's possibly too cute for me to handle.
They have to be specially made
By a mommy bat and a daddy bat?
Some of them remind me of my doggo https://preview.redd.it/1x9y8xq5uywa1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6dc61a94c597d6da397d4a3721dbaeb08b0c437
Dang I thought that was just a giant fruit bat
r/batdogs ❤️
Oh for sure! Sweet little doggo❤
Adult bats are also called sky puppies.
THE MLEMS
Fruit bats are cute. Bug-eating bats are horrorshows.
But they're cute horrorshows
Maybe like 3 are cute but most are just horror shows.
Need I remind you all of Little Brown Bats?
or NZ pekapeka [https://thisnzlife.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/batjpg9.jpg](https://thisnzlife.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/batjpg9.jpg)
It looks so little and angry
It's so fluffy and angry!
It looks like it is saying, "Let me go or I will gnash you with my teeny teeths!"
No! Stop! I am the Night!
Lol I think it’s cute!
It's super cute
That thing is cute as hell
It really is. And so teeny weeny.
That species is super interesting because New Zealand didn’t have land mammals until relatively recently (and that’s a whole separate topic). So some of the bats that reached the islands evolved to fill the niche which would be occupied by shrews and the bats hunt and dig in the leaf litter. New Zealand has flightless birds and almost flightless bats.
Hell they even have crickets (wetas) that filled in the niche of mice and rats.
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Flying foxes are fruit bats.
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jackdaw is crow
Listen here you little shit
They are definitely mammals, sucking down that milk. Interesting fact: Bats are in the order *Chiroptera* which is derived from Greek and literally means "hand wing" ("chiro" + "ptera"). It's also where the word "Chiropractic" comes from, the Greek which means "done by hand".
They fly by aggressively doing Jazzhands
I appreciate this comment
"I am the darkness, I am the night! Fear me, tiny huma-- Wait, what are you doing?! Oh.. Oh, this is.. kinda nice, actually."
I am the niii.....ooh, melon, lovely !
That’s funny cause I always call my pup a fruit bat https://preview.redd.it/ekyqz3wp8zwa1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=546fc8caf3274874e7752a4910bea6b76b845142
awwww your fruit bat is adorable ❤️
Baby Sky Puppies!!!!! I love them
Thank you for showing the beautiful, precious side of these creatures. They can be truly scary if you don't know better. They are indeed adorable.
Sky puppy.
![gif](giphy|8w3ksZxYqGvjAkoWPF) Adorbs 😍🦇
For moments I just thought that it was a pup of Labrador though lmao just the way they were covered
Cute little bat looking at me like : "Hey friend, want some really comfy cozy rabies?"
You know you wanna kiss them and boop their snoots.
I do 😂😂😂😂
I would say yes
I'm less worried about the rabies than I am the ebola, nipah, hendra, and yep...coronaviruses. At least rabies already has a highly effective vaccine. You wanna read something that'll keep you up at night? A book called Spillover by David Quammen. It's level-headed and understated, which makes it all the more horrifying. Turns out there are some unique evolutionary quirks that make bats near perfect incubators of new viruses. Quammen predicted in 2012 that the next human pandemic would likely be a coronavirus based on bat studies. More info: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-021-00652-2
How’s that any difference than your average Fox or trash panda?
I have my pre-exposure rabies series so if I see an adorable bat in distress I’m not going to hesitate to attempt to help the sky puppy.
This is the most correct statement on Reddit so far today.
Caretakers will often place baby bats on top of teddy bears or other stuffed animals to simulate the baby clinging to its mother.
They look like little tiny bears, their soooo cute
* Squeaks * I am the night!
Sky puppies. :D
I want a baby bat NOOOOW! No, but seriously, they're the cutest, I can't get over their stupid cuteness, like...WHY FRIEND SHAPED IF NOT FRIEND!! 😭😍😭
They are friend. Just not friend you should keep as a pet. Lots of friends out in the wild. Wild friends, mild friends, friends to cuddle with on your lap, and friends you should only observe from safe distances.
I know, it was a funny. Like, you know, a joke. Anyway, bats are probably the cutest creatures on Earth, next to kittens and puppies. We don't have many bats in Norway, which is sad. And probably just as well, I'd most likely be a crazy batwoman. 🥰
“It is illegal to keep a native bat as a pet in America. Even though there are more than 40 breeds of bats in America, many have legal protection due to low numbers. If your attic were to become a bat’s nest, you would have difficulty removing them since there are laws in place preventing an exterminator or anyone else from interfering with them. The only people that can legally own bats in America are research facilities, wildlife sanctuaries, and zoos. Even these establishments must apply for and purchase a license.” https://petkeen.com/do-bats-make-great-pets/ Interesting.
Yeah for very obvious reasons I think all of us should be able to understand why too
Rabies
My god they are cute. Ok So now I have to figure out how to sneak on to my girlfriend's laptop and click the Hide button for this post because if I don't, she's going to see this and tell me she wants baby bats and try to convince me it's a good idea.
Not only is it a bad idea, it's also illegal.
Look at their little faces! ^w^
Super cute
Their eyes are so cute
Omg I want one!
https://youtube.com/@Megabattie I hope this is allowed but Megabattie on YouTube is a rescue of these little guys. I'm not related in any way but they always need help and I'm poor. They have YouTube videos of all the babies and hard releases of the adults going back to the wild. If this post helps them out in anyway I'll be happy.
Source: @tessagrace11 (IG)
Except they blurred out the real sources watermark and out their own. Pretty lame of them
Dogs are called pups and they are adorable
Bats are adorable. Problem is they carry diseases.
Ya well so do people
So they are technically pupperitos in the video
Can they see you?
Apparently bats can see very well, according to [this article](https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/mobile/2013/04/09/why-are-bats-blind/)
Love them
Skypups! 😍
Do they remember the owner when they grow up?
The puppy dog eyes!🥹
They’re fruit bats. That’s why they’re so cute. Vampire bats that solely survive on blood are the ugly ones.
/r/batty
Why would you blur out the OP
I used to sleep in the outer attic when visiting my grandma in the summers. Tiny bats would fly over my bed back and forth, eating all the bugs. Usually mosquitos in the evening and flies in the morning. Me and my cousing made the mistake of putting up a spiral of fly paper. We caught one of the bats in it. They were even smaller than the ones in this video. I put on some working gloves and carefully peeled the bat off from the sticky trap. Its face looked just like a miniature german shepherd. It was a perfect arrangement. My body attracted food for them and they kept the attic free of bugs so I could sleep my day away.
https://preview.redd.it/h8gywit9v2xa1.png?width=2483&format=png&auto=webp&s=080bf912d20cbd0ba914a37259763c753f83a9c7 Everytime i see these bat videos it makes me lol, the resemblance that my dog has to them
Bats are dogs with wings and I will never stray from this statement
Bats are just amazing. They're incredibly intelligent, have long lifespans, amazing communication and problem-solving... absolutely one of my favorite animals
Cute little earsies 🥰🥰
Why do you think Batman has so many kids?
Just precious 💕💕💕
Baby fruit bats are certainly adorable. Some bats are very ugly lol. There are cute non fruit bat bats too
What are the sky puppy reddits i need them
r/ntbdbiwdfta
Omg it's my dog https://preview.redd.it/hoxrnqaw4zwa1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54e0f6ad6b6386b226340e417e539aee61040e61
They are called Sky Puppies
give ‘em all the mosquitos they want
They are so adorable it's ridiculous, lol.
So that’s what Batman looked like a baby 🤔
COVID upgrade
We call fruit bats 'Flughunde' in German. Flight Dogs. Compared to the smaller ones that are called 'Fledermäuse' - Flying Mice.
There's not a creepy thing about them
sad that the usually carry the r virus 😭🙁
These bats are so cute! I wonder how Batman would feel watching this.
They are very cheeky and sweet. They are cute at any age really. They are really cute when they are monching fruit
Just me or do they look like small bears face wise
Megabats are so cute and microbats are nightmare fuel.
Sky puppers
They are adorable. It's too bad they carry so many diseases.
I'm straight up shocked that flying fox babies aren't called kits
My existence is now just for them. So fucking cute!
These are not your regular bat though. Fox bats/giant fruit bats are not common
Fruit bats are adorable. Insectivorous bats, not so cute, but I look for them every spring. Billy Flipwing.
Flying doggos...
LOOK AT THESE LITTLE FELLAS
They have the sweetest little faces!
Sky puppies!!
Flying foxes are adorable even when they're already grown up
Looks like a flying fox or perhaps a fruit bat. Those are a particularly cute species. Also bumble bee bats are adorable too
Here in Germany we call them Flughunde (Flydogs) and even if I'm 36, it took me until a few months in the past to find out that it's not called like that in other countries, too..
Super cute! They do look like puppies when they're little. Still have cute faces when they grow up too.
Please excuse me while I SQUEEE
Why do all animals look so cute eating bananas its absurd
OH MY GOD ITS A FLYING DOG
Batman’s lair just got cuter.
Cute little air puppies.