January 11th, 2013
(via The Pictorial Arts: Hordes from Hades)

(via The Pictorial Arts: Hordes from Hades)

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December 26th, 2012
kronstadt21: Illustration by Brian Walker for Country Fair magazine, April 1958. Vintage Scans

kronstadt21:

Illustration by Brian Walker for Country Fair magazine, April 1958.

Vintage Scans

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September 2nd, 2012
(via martin klasch: Bats) Bats by Charles L. Ripper 

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Bats by Charles L. Ripper 

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August 26th, 2012
Wooden Bat Vase

Wooden Bat Vase

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July 17th, 2012
biomedicalephemera: Fruit bat of the subfamily Pteropodinae The megabats of the Pteropodinae include the largest bats in the world: the Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus) and the Large Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus), also known as the Malaysian Flying Fox. The teeth of the family Pteropus, and especially of the subfamily Pteropodinae, are specially designed to rip open and grind up fruits, both juicy and fleshy. The large canines allow them to slash into thick skins, and the dextrous tongue and molars that are good for chewing (but not continued grinding) make an ideal dentition for most South Pacific fruits. Some fruit bats consume vegetation, pollen, or nectar, but Pteropodinae consumes almost exclusively fruit. Fruit bats lack a tail and the ability to echolocate, like all Old-World bats. They have very good eyesight, and are thought to have split off from microbats (the New-World bats, including all of the carnivorous bats) during the Eocene epoch, around 45 million years ago. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur. J.C.D. Schreber, 1774.

biomedicalephemera:

Fruit bat of the subfamily Pteropodinae

The megabats of the Pteropodinae include the largest bats in the world: the Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus) and the Large Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus), also known as the Malaysian Flying Fox.

The teeth of the family Pteropus, and especially of the subfamily Pteropodinae, are specially designed to rip open and grind up fruits, both juicy and fleshy. The large canines allow them to slash into thick skins, and the dextrous tongue and molars that are good for chewing (but not continued grinding) make an ideal dentition for most South Pacific fruits. Some fruit bats consume vegetation, pollen, or nectar, but Pteropodinae consumes almost exclusively fruit.

Fruit bats lack a tail and the ability to echolocate, like all Old-World bats. They have very good eyesight, and are thought to have split off from microbats (the New-World bats, including all of the carnivorous bats) during the Eocene epoch, around 45 million years ago.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur. J.C.D. Schreber, 1774.

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July 10th, 2012
cannedbooks: a fine selection of bats (click through for bigger version!)

cannedbooks:

a fine selection of bats

(click through for bigger version!)

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June 3rd, 2012

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May 14th, 2012
dendroica: Bats by BioDivLibrary on Flickr. Recherches pour servir à l’histoire naturelle des mammifères :. Paris :G. Masson,1868-1874..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39564290

dendroica:

Bats by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Recherches pour servir à l’histoire naturelle des mammifères :.
Paris :G. Masson,1868-1874..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39564290

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March 14th, 2012
rand0mflora: tumbledore: Fruit bat embryo  Double facepalm.

rand0mflora:

tumbledore:

Fruit bat embryo 

Double facepalm.

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November 4th, 2011
mllemia: cavesoflilith:“HAYY!”

mllemia:

cavesoflilith:“HAYY!”

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