Baby photos

[den]

An aquaintance from the coast turned up in town with these two. She couldn't leave them with carers.




She named them Lady and The Tramp. They are orphaned grey-headed flying foxes

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

What cute widdle babies!

[smof.livejournal.com]

They're pretty big. How old are they? And what's gonna happen to them?

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

The adults are pretty big, too:
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/aust/flyingfox/

[dabroots.livejournal.com]

Great pictures. What would happen if they didn't have those unique muzzles over their snouts?

[kuangning]

Heh. I took those for rubber nipples, actually. As in baby bottle nipples. I could be wrong, though.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Yup. Binkies, dummies, pacifiers, etc. :)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

They're about 8 weeks old, and when they're ready to fly they will be released back into the colony they came from. After their feed they get a back-rub, which makes them spread their wings and exercise. One day they'll realise what the wings are for and use them. They don't have to be taught to fly.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

They are, as aiobheil guessed, rubber nipples. It's the flying fox version of a blue blanket. A blank (ie un-peirced) nipple is pushed through the lid of an eyedropper and folded over so the pups don't swallow the nipple. They're happy as long as they can suck on something.

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Quick Robin!
Hand me the Bat-Pacifier! :)

Scott

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

awwwww

[elynne.livejournal.com]

And they've got little pacifiers! OHTHEYARESOVERYCUTE!!! :D *squornk*

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Holy memory-loss, Batman! I- uh... I left it with Catwoman. Sorry.

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[dabroots.livejournal.com]

And it sounds like you're right, judging from dewhitton's answer. FYI, I've noticed your comments around at various LJ's for several months, now. I'm going to add you to my friends list so I can be reminded to read your writings. If you like, add me to yours.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Where are their glasses? :)

Now, I will admit...they don't look like flying fish at all ;)

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[kuangning]

I'd be honoured. I've noticed your comments also, but it's seemed like you're part of a rather close-knit group, and some of those high-school lessons die hard for me. I haven't wanted to intrude. :)

[dabroots.livejournal.com]

My group is ever-growing, ever-shifting. A few people we already share in common like kenhighcountry, frawst and dewhitton have been on my list for almost all of the ten months I've been here. Pleased to be accepted by you. I lived in NC for several years. In what part of the state is Clayton? I just remembered that I knew a woman in grad school in Greensboro whose first name was Clayton, an old family name, I think.

[wabbitcalif.livejournal.com]

Ok, my happiness quotient went up about 15 notches -- what cute little bats!! *grins*

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[kuangning]

Clayton is about a half-hour east of Raleigh. :) And, of course, I applaud your taste. Good men all three, though Den's the only one I've had the pleasure of knowing for longer than the life of my LJ. :)

[midevil.livejournal.com]

Can I take them home? We have wonderful bat sanctuaries here in one of our conservation areas...

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I wish *I* could keep them!

Ohhhhhh

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

I'm in love, they are soo sweet, and with there own dummies as well... how cute!


Look at the eyes... (melt)

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Look at the cute l'il wings!!!

Ok, not so l'il, but cute all the same!!

Everybody else make a save vs Cuteness roll on a d20.

I already failed mine miserably.

eeee!

[thryn.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

(i don't squeal often. those are *very* cute. my boyfriend is making the "you can not have one" noises at me.)

[julesong.livejournal.com]

Oh my god THEY'RE GORGEOUS! I love them!!!

[cjdoyle.livejournal.com]

(Followed a link from another journal to get here - pardon the intrusion.)

Cute photos. :) The punster in me wonders why they didn't go with "Lady and the Vamp" for names, though. Seems like a wasted oppurtunity.

[maedbh7.livejournal.com]

Just dropped in by way of swy1974 My sister also does work on bat conservation. And I have to agree, at first (5) glance(s) I thought your userpic was a fish with glasses. Now that I've noticed the wings, it makes much more sense. -h...

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Love the photos of the bats! So cute! My husband will love these. He's a big fan of bats.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

Adorable!!!

I'm wondering when a plush company will realize that flying foxes are cute, not menacing...

Adorable!

[colubra.livejournal.com]

Wow, what neat photos! Thank you for putting these up where someone could point me at them: I've been quite the fan of bats since I was a kid, but I've never gotten a good look at a flying fox's kits. My thanks to your friend who's fostering them, as well: chiropterae need friends.
And all I can think of in re: the longrunning pacifiers discussion, is 'I vaant to suck your binky'.
I'll shut up now.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Check out http://www.speleobooks.com/stuf.html for soft toys and other bat-related items. (check out the Honduran Fruitbat plushies)

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

If those bats had been on Laugh-In, would that be a Maltese
Binky? *dodge*:D

(I'm not going to explain the joke here- it will take too long).

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The original of the userpic is at http://www.battyden.net/me.html

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

IT'S NOT A-! it's not a fish.

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

But surely it should be 8 for the fruitbat!

I love bats.

[ajina.livejournal.com]

Those are the most precious pictures I have seen in a long time.
I'm going to explode from the cuteness!

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[ajina.livejournal.com]

Wait, they're not actually bats?
Flying foxes.. I'll have to look into them.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

browngirl referred me to your photos. They are soooo cute! I turned my laptop upside-down to get a better look at their itty-bitty faces sucking their noonies (the "oo" as in "book") -- that's what we always called pacifiers.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

They are megabats, classed with blossom bats and fruitbats. They don't have sonar like the microbats.

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[ajina.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. They are going to be big animals.
They're so cute I could weep with glee.

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[jodawi.livejournal.com]

blossom bats? blossom bats? i have some googling to do, i see.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Fully grown they will weigh almost 1kg and will have a wingspan of 1.5m.

Bats are beaut.

wtf?

[(Anonymous)]

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Nov/200211215849231319864085.jpg

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Yes, thank you Bardcat. That's the carer's hand. I'm the one witn the camera, you idiot.

[ororo.livejournal.com]

Way way nifty. I never thought of bats as adorable before. :)

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Whoa! Those are *some* bats, Den! I'm used to seeing your pictures of tiny little critters, so I was completely taken aback when I reached the shot with the hand in it.

They are cute. In fact, they look almost cuddly, with so much fur.

How is it, IYDMMA, that the flying foxes will figure out flying on their own and not have to be taught? (I'm not arguing with you, just curious.)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

After feeding, they get a back rub. It makes them spread their wings in happy-back-rubness, and the flap a bit and start grooming. As they get older the flap more until one day they go "Hey! If I flap and let go...!"

it all seems instinctive.

[nasasie.livejournal.com]

awww
they are soo wobbie :3
(followed the link from a link, Y' know what its like)

I absolutely love flying foxes.. bats in general ;D

and they have pacifiers! ::gah:: onivoni!!