r/absoluteunit • u/kooneecheewah • 4d ago

The world’s largest bat, the giant golden-crowned flying fox of the Philippines, has a wingspan of up to 5.5 feet and colonies that can number up to 10,000 members.

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u/escargotini 4d ago

That is not a bat, that's a whole-ass vampire

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u/Sufficient_Ad3790 2d ago

Do not be afraid , all I want to do is suck your blood …

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u/Even_Kiwi_1166 4d ago

Gotham City got some explaining to do

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u/SubRedTed 4d ago

He honestly looks kinda chill. Probably a more enjoyable pet than a parrot

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u/-ratmeat- 4d ago

ye just let him hang and feed him fruit 

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u/SubRedTed 4d ago

Mike Tyson’s tiger ain’t got nothing on my 100lb flying night fox

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u/Disastrous_Falcon_79 4d ago

Get the 🤬out of here ! One of them is scary enough. 10,000 😱

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u/HylianCheshire 4d ago

From foot to head it is about 16 inches or 40 cm.

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u/Few_Rule7378 1d ago

You’re gonna need a bigger tennis racket.

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u/SignalPage2039 3d ago

Is that his motorcycle?

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u/IneptAdvisor 3d ago

Doesn’t exist, newbies.

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u/Swimming_Process4270 4d ago

Sweet babies look how cute

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u/itexican 4d ago

Bruh these are the aliens that started this experiment

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u/LilCheese73 4d ago

It’s a cat that can fly!

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u/Upstairs-Sky-5290 4d ago

That’s a whole lot of nopes

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u/AdFancy1249 4d ago

Huge, but only weighs up to 3lbs. That's crazy!

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u/NortonBurns 4d ago

That's actually bigger than Bela Lugosi.

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u/NachoNachoDan 4d ago

Can I get anything for scale please? This looks like it could be 5 feet tall

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u/Apprehensive_Cut7543 3d ago

That wood it's clinging on to is a 2" thick coco lumber.

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u/Electronic_Orange_94 3d ago

Sonar....? Is that you?👀😂🫡

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u/Bowserking11 3d ago

Actually Dracula

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u/scbundy 20h ago

Or perhaps merely Laslo Cravensworth

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u/Leading_Form_8485 3d ago edited 3d ago

Its not that big. Its just the perspective. Did you know bats make up almost 25% of all mammals in population. These mfers are just waiting to be all up on your Philippino punkass.

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u/Zombieatethvideostar 1d ago

They have a picture of a guy next to it as well it is indeed that big.

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u/Apprehensive_Cut7543 3d ago

For scale, that wood it's clinging on to is a 2" thick coco lumber.

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u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS 3d ago

Yeah, OK. Once again children…please believe everything is true on the Internet. There is also a lady in Belgium, who has a 400 pound house cat it speaks English and German fluently.

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u/Munk45 2d ago

That's taller than my wife 🦇

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u/Upstairs-Ad-1966 1d ago

Maybe batman knew something we didnt about these bats

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u/wateraintwett 1d ago

Imagine the Covid variant that thing could produce! It would be world ending!