#nectar the bat

[wings-of-abyss]

Me when there's nectar, cactus fruit, and insects at the function.

[botanyshitposts]

confirming the Ethiopian wolf pollination hypothesis seems so straightforward in theory, like just erecting anti-wolf barriers around some of the hot poker plants and seeing if those get pollinated at the same rate as the other ones, but also I feel like it could be some lab’s 6 year long project that ends up in Nature and answers more questions about wolf dessert time than I could ever think to ask. and also it would give more beautiful photos of wolves between 3 seconds and 1 hour into passionate nectar indulgence. so hopefully with the media attention they’re getting they can do that

[loveisinthebat]

The Thinker

[daily-batposting]

Cave Nectar Bat, photographed by Chien C. Lee, (source)

[transgender-chiroptera]

Jamaican Flower Bat (?), via

[mytardisisparked]

Ooo bat week!! May I have a bat? 🦇

Happy Bat Week!

Your bat is the Long-Tongued Nectar Bat (Macroglossus minimus)!

This bat, as the name suggests, feeds on nectar and fruit. Its long tongue allows it to lap nectar out of flowers when it decides to get lost in that sauce. Otherwise, it feeds on a variety of smaller fruits (which makes sense, considering it is the smallest member of the family Pteropodidae). They tend to be somewhat solitary outside of mating season, which is twice a year.

[nectar-comic]

Nectar: The World Before 108

Original post here.

[iseechaos]

Nectar: The World Before 112

Original post here.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The lesser long-nosed bat, a crucial pollinator for desert ecosystems, is one of only three bat species in North America that feed on nectar.

PHOTOGRAPH BY TOM VEZO, MINDEN PICTURES

[wuzhere75]

Weird thing that I just realized ticks me off about WOFs worldbuilding is that we don’t get an impression of what the biome and climate of the OG Nightwing kingdom. Like it’s detailed as having a lot “a lot of canyons and caves” and it seems like it is at least wet enough that trees can grow there, but its mentioned in the wiki that the forests are artificially planted. I had always assumed that the area was at least semi-arid because the rest of the western side of the continent is arid, but I know that mountains can change weather patterns by a lot and the kingdom seems to have a lot of them. Just something weird I have thought about

[batpoisonz]

did you guys know that if we didn't have nectavore or frugivore bats we wouldn't have many fruits in the supermarket that we have today? such as guava, banana, mango, dragon fruit, and more? so instead of saying bats are useless or that we could live withiut them and shouldn't have them bc they "carry rabies," check again! bats are extremely important for ecological structure :3c

[daily-fun-animal-facts]

Tube Lipped Nectar Bats

The tube lipped nectar bat has the longest tongue (8.5 cm or approximately 3.3 inches) relative to its body size of any mammal. Its tongue is 150% the size of its overall body length

[loveisinthebat]

Lil Freak ( affectionate)

[daily-batposting]

Thomas's Nectar Bat, photographed by Manuel Ruedi, (source)

[transgender-chiroptera]

Cave Nectar bat, via

[nectar-comic]

Nectar: The World Before 114

Original post here.