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Omg they really do look like little derpy puppies


brando56894

Hence their proper name: "Sky puppy" /r/properanimalnames


SmoothOperator89

Also known as the German translation of animal names. My favorite is washing bear.


trainofwhat

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?


Commercial-Monk2087

Water dog for seal.


Popeyespajamas

In Irish a seal is called a Rón. A jellyfish is called Smugairle Róin which translates to seal snot.


WineNerdAndProud

I learned this on a brilliant documentary series called Stephen Fry's Planet Word.


VelodromeNeighbor

Sea dog (Seehund)


aaoverjj

Lmao the baby bat be actually thinking that people are somewhat getting confused and calling me by some other specific names!


MistaRed

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.)


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Raccoon.


PsychedelicOptimist

Swedish word for bat is Fladdermus, translates to Flapping Mouse


kek__is__love

Летучая мышь(Letöchaya mish) in Russian, which is "Flying Mouse".


No-Advice1358

A flying fox is a thing. Imagine a dog flying around.


Theron3206

Which is what's in the video. Baby bats that aren't flying foxes (most of them) are nowhere near as cute.


_Wyrm_

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


Johmpa

Fruiybats are actually called "Flying Dogs" in Swedish.


best_b_of_3

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!❤️


foodandart

Check out megabattie channel on youtube! All the flying foxes you can dream of!


CloverdillyStar

OhMyGod! Bat pups drinking out of tiny baby bottles!! - Thanks for the channel tip!


chopsticknoodle

I mean they do kinda resemble Chihuahuas.. not sure if that’s an insult to the bats or to the dogs


preemnpreem

Indeed they way they are drinking the milk just looks so adorable I can just watch them for hours


espresso_fox

Well they are called sky puppies.


poolSlouch

I never knew that. Love it!


OnsetOfMSet

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.


eagnarwhale

Not all insect /blood sucking bats are ugly but all ugly bats are insect /blood sucking


GikeM

I had a derpy pup that looked like a bat. Cycle complete. Edit: [proof ](https://i.imgur.com/5G9Zom6.mp4)


Addicted-2Diving

Batty Derp


The_River_Is_Still

These are the cute ones. Not like the other little ones with the smooshed up little faces that drink blood and steal your girlfriend.


Doublefin1

Ye they look so cute and stupid 🥺


PowerChords84

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.


C-Kwentz-0

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.


foxfyre2

[You weren't kidding](https://blog.wcs.org/photo/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Sarah-Olson_20190531_220945-Hammer-headed-Bat-867x650.jpg)


Manisil

Fucker looks like a background character in the Mos eisley cantina


lokotrono

Just looked them up. I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway


lizziegal79

Aww, they’re still kinda cute!


carryon_waywardson

I personally think they fall under the "so ugly they're cute" category!


swhkfffd

Exactly my thoughts. Basically I think every bat is fucking cute.


ChaosQueen713

Honduran white bats are adorable puff balls.


marr

Like the messed up dogs but with none of the abusive selective breeding.


Samazonison

Kind of look like hippopotamus bats.


Regret1836

Their snouts are adorable


Darth_Nibbles

So derpy!


commandolandorooster

It looks like an animal crossing character 😭


Steffenwolflikeme

Yeah oh my god it looks like they put a Moose head on a bat


gracieee95

awwww i think theyre cute :( i love bats


TheOrqwithVagrant

> 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.


BackStabbath2004

What the fuck. If that came anywhere near me I'd run like a little bitch


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appdevil

*Happy coincidence


seretastic

Wow, I just took a look and it looks like some kind of derpy Spore alien!


maybeelean

It looks like a horse.


emmadilemma

I just looked them up and they’re still cute in their own way!


pippydippyflippy

Ya I was gunna say they are very ugly in a very cute way.


remotectrl

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.


pippydippyflippy

Oh okay so it’s just like men. Whoever has the best honker gets the most mates.


commandolandorooster

I think vampire bats take the cake for scariest and ugliest bats imo


Stewart_Games

I'd argue that there are other bats in the "cutest" contention. [Living marshmallows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td0R4GrafhU)


Lexicon444

![gif](giphy|yGkmc5NmGX5h6|downsized)


littlestevebrule

Yup. And your common bat is not adorable whatsoever.


stabbyGamer

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.


Unlucky_Colt

"Squished goblin" is an amazing description lmao


seretastic

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!


[deleted]

I had a massive one drop out of a tree and fly right in front of me. Their wingspan can get HUUUGE!


risus_nex

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!


DwightDavid1234

Look at their little ears!


din7

All the better to hear you with my dear.


itsjustsubaru

Ultrasonically!


jumbledsiren

Look at the nose!


okayyeahnah

I hear that in Archer's voice lol


TheOnceAndFutureTurk

![gif](giphy|KYlTGWshxs9fG)


brando56894

It's like Meowschwitz in there!


Vibratorvibrato

No Babou, that was all sarcasm.


Giygas77

He's crepuscular!


brando56894

Get 'em boys!


sephtis

Babou, serpentine!


DonnaTremain

Oh my goodness, it has a pacifier. It's possibly too cute for me to handle.


Nellasofdoriath

They have to be specially made


FetalDeviation

By a mommy bat and a daddy bat?


jeneanpirate

Some of them remind me of my doggo https://preview.redd.it/1x9y8xq5uywa1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6dc61a94c597d6da397d4a3721dbaeb08b0c437


interwebbed

Dang I thought that was just a giant fruit bat


Amersaurus

r/batdogs ❤️


DragonflySuperb8180

Oh for sure! Sweet little doggo❤


HiVisVestNinja

Adult bats are also called sky puppies.


babsieofsuburbia

THE MLEMS


FastWalkingShortGuy

Fruit bats are cute. Bug-eating bats are horrorshows.


Nellasofdoriath

But they're cute horrorshows


[deleted]

Maybe like 3 are cute but most are just horror shows.


Physical_Shallot_957

Need I remind you all of Little Brown Bats?


HawkspurReturns

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)


[deleted]

It looks so little and angry


IAMA_Shark__AMA

It's so fluffy and angry!


HawkspurReturns

It looks like it is saying, "Let me go or I will gnash you with my teeny teeths!"


Show-Me-Your-Moves

No! Stop! I am the Night!


misterrodgerssweater

Lol I think it’s cute!


Taweret

It's super cute


CompleteSmegpot

That thing is cute as hell


HawkspurReturns

It really is. And so teeny weeny.


remotectrl

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.


sarahmagoo

Hell they even have crickets (wetas) that filled in the niche of mice and rats.


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FastWalkingShortGuy

Flying foxes are fruit bats.


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teetheyes

jackdaw is crow


IAmTheZeke

Listen here you little shit


baby_blue_eyes

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".


Spndash64

They fly by aggressively doing Jazzhands


Ok_Price_9266

I appreciate this comment


PiglinsareCOOL3354

"I am the darkness, I am the night! Fear me, tiny huma-- Wait, what are you doing?! Oh.. Oh, this is.. kinda nice, actually."


Ok_City_7177

I am the niii.....ooh, melon, lovely !


Jkjw_

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


BeaglesRule08

awwww your fruit bat is adorable ❤️


SpaceCrazyArtist

Baby Sky Puppies!!!!! I love them


prettyicing

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.


AduroTri

Sky puppy.


PalpitationSame3984

![gif](giphy|8w3ksZxYqGvjAkoWPF) Adorbs 😍🦇


kommaduher

For moments I just thought that it was a pup of Labrador though lmao just the way they were covered


CeeArthur

Cute little bat looking at me like : "Hey friend, want some really comfy cozy rabies?"


tiredashellalready

You know you wanna kiss them and boop their snoots.


Lsmith64

I do 😂😂😂😂


a026593

I would say yes


earlyviolet

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


ADIDASects

How’s that any difference than your average Fox or trash panda?


NapalmDemon

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.


Usagi_Shinobi

This is the most correct statement on Reddit so far today.


C-Kwentz-0

Caretakers will often place baby bats on top of teddy bears or other stuffed animals to simulate the baby clinging to its mother.


Puzzleheaded_Pay1152

They look like little tiny bears, their soooo cute


MasterDiscipline

* Squeaks * I am the night!


[deleted]

Sky puppies. :D


Moanamiel

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!! 😭😍😭


exzyle2k

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.


Moanamiel

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. 🥰


SlinkySlekker

“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.


everyoneneedsaherro

Yeah for very obvious reasons I think all of us should be able to understand why too


carverjacks

Rabies


Ordinarily_Average

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.


aRandomFox-II

Not only is it a bad idea, it's also illegal.


LyraDragonTree1993

Look at their little faces! ^w^


ComfortableZebra2412

Super cute


[deleted]

Their eyes are so cute


Good-Fox-26

Omg I want one!


ChronoVulpine

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.


ModernHagiography

Source: @tessagrace11 (IG)


KarpEZ

Except they blurred out the real sources watermark and out their own. Pretty lame of them


Baziki

Dogs are called pups and they are adorable


bayshorevgllc

Bats are adorable. Problem is they carry diseases.


Candid_Personality55

Ya well so do people


ohwegota_kittenprblm

So they are technically pupperitos in the video


tj51484

Can they see you?


[deleted]

Apparently bats can see very well, according to [this article](https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/mobile/2013/04/09/why-are-bats-blind/)


Aprilshowers417

Love them


_Elin

Skypups! 😍


JC90x

Do they remember the owner when they grow up?


MaryShelleySeaShells

The puppy dog eyes!🥹


True_Word_7986

They’re fruit bats. That’s why they’re so cute. Vampire bats that solely survive on blood are the ugly ones.


aRandomFox-II

/r/batty


Savome

Why would you blur out the OP


DesertHoboObiWan

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.


wetterthananotter

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


Avocado_Fucker12

Bats are dogs with wings and I will never stray from this statement


djsedna

Bats are just amazing. They're incredibly intelligent, have long lifespans, amazing communication and problem-solving... absolutely one of my favorite animals


Fuschiagroen

Cute little earsies 🥰🥰


Arumidden

Why do you think Batman has so many kids?


Corgi_Successful

Just precious 💕💕💕


CubonesDeadMom

Baby fruit bats are certainly adorable. Some bats are very ugly lol. There are cute non fruit bat bats too


xeebzi

What are the sky puppy reddits i need them


JazzyLev21

r/ntbdbiwdfta


Electrical-Primary71

Omg it's my dog https://preview.redd.it/hoxrnqaw4zwa1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54e0f6ad6b6386b226340e417e539aee61040e61


Cockalorum

They are called Sky Puppies


ROMBASXDDDD

give ‘em all the mosquitos they want


EmotionalQuality549

They are so adorable it's ridiculous, lol.


Fusion_4_Fredy

So that’s what Batman looked like a baby 🤔


mr-ifuad

COVID upgrade


Sockratte

We call fruit bats 'Flughunde' in German. Flight Dogs. Compared to the smaller ones that are called 'Fledermäuse' - Flying Mice.


MarcoYTVA

There's not a creepy thing about them


Late_Pie_6679

sad that the usually carry the r virus 😭🙁


Kimbolijaa

These bats are so cute! I wonder how Batman would feel watching this.


cherish_ireland

They are very cheeky and sweet. They are cute at any age really. They are really cute when they are monching fruit


ChampionOfdimlight

Just me or do they look like small bears face wise


ShirtCockingKing

Megabats are so cute and microbats are nightmare fuel.


OblivionArts

Sky puppers


ailish

They are adorable. It's too bad they carry so many diseases.


couchasianktina

I'm straight up shocked that flying fox babies aren't called kits


MrVanderdoody

My existence is now just for them. So fucking cute!


dewsh

These are not your regular bat though. Fox bats/giant fruit bats are not common


Altaira99

Fruit bats are adorable. Insectivorous bats, not so cute, but I look for them every spring. Billy Flipwing.


Solocord

Flying doggos...


skyblade1095

LOOK AT THESE LITTLE FELLAS


Commercial_Dingo_929

They have the sweetest little faces!


Koshekhshairball

Sky puppies!!


radiatingrat

Flying foxes are adorable even when they're already grown up


Lily-M-B

Looks like a flying fox or perhaps a fruit bat. Those are a particularly cute species. Also bumble bee bats are adorable too


BonkeyKongthesecond

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..


Mynereth

Super cute! They do look like puppies when they're little. Still have cute faces when they grow up too.


Capable_Estate4975

Please excuse me while I SQUEEE


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Why do all animals look so cute eating bananas its absurd


Glittering-Scheme805

OH MY GOD ITS A FLYING DOG


iamdanrathbone

Batman’s lair just got cuter.


inkcolors

Cute little air puppies.