Quiz - Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?

[den]

if you've met me... just shut up.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

THe short-tailed bats of New Zealand are ground-feeding insectivores, but they can't jump that high. Good grief, that's Olympic Gold Medal jumping! My dodgy calculations tell me a 2m high human (200cm) would have to jump 34m from a standing leap. 110ish feet.

[level-head.livejournal.com]

I can imagine "The Celebrated Jumping Bats of Calaveras County" as a contest.

It would be a bit tricky; the whole point of that takeoff is not to come back down, and it is a transition to flight not entirely unlike Jenny's takeoffs. (Well, in direction, even if rather more abrupt.)

Having been to Calaveras, I picture a similar Walk of Fame with stars in the sidewalk for famous vampire bats, noting the date and altitude of the jump.

The amphibious version of this contest's record is still held by Rosie the Ribiter, who cleared 21 feet 5.75 inches or more than six and a half meters in a single horizontal jump in 1986. The frog's body length is similar to the vampire bat's (7-10cm), making this an even more impressive jump.

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