Human sized bat

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I love bats. We have one in our garden which we see at dusk whizzing about. This however is taking things a bit too far! Scariest thing I have seen in a while (if it's real!!!)
www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/picture-of-human-sized-bat-from-philippines-goes-viral-netizens-are-spooked/614722

@userxx we opened the windows as wide as possible. It flew around for about twenty minutes, then went out the window!! Was all very odd. Certainly don't wish to repeat it!

@userxx we opened the windows as wide as possible. It flew around for about twenty minutes, then went out the window!! Was all very odd. Certainly don't wish to repeat it!

@userxx we opened the windows as wide as possible. It flew around for about twenty minutes, then went out the window!! Was all very odd. Certainly don't wish to repeat it!

I actually can't believe this thread has got this far without a certain photo being posted

Get that thing to absolute fuck!

Go on @FizzyGreenWater!

Can’t wait.

Dear god @ShirleyPhallus, is that real? I'm going to have nightmares tonight 😢

TA DAH

It’s a hammerhead bat!

Shirley is that a warthog drying itself with a bath towel?

DHs family are from the Philippines, he'd heard of the giant bats but has never seen one.
He says he's seen some cool fish though.

Absolutely fucking hideous

I'd actually cry if I saw that and convince myself it's definitely Dracula out for my blood

I love bats of all sizes and those flying foxes are gorgeous. I would love to see one in the wild.

I’d prefer a giant fruit eating vegetarian bat to a giant cannibal meat eating London rat any day.

You know there are 3 rats for every 1 human living on the island of Great Britain, right?

My brain is confused - it’s face is cute but the wings are scary.

I’d prefer a giant fruit eating vegetarian bat to a giant cannibal meat eating London rat any day.

Depends how you cook them both.

My current most fave TV series is What We Do In the Shadows (v.funny about these bat bloodsucking people who live on Staten Island) so I've got to say I love them!, BUT irl, where my family live in the Carolinas, it's reckoned that 1 in 6 bats carry rabies and therefore they have Travis our local Batman on speed dial should one get into the house. Travis comes along straight away with his sort of fishing net on an extending pole, traps it and takes it away. I think he releases it outside but not sure.

Just don't walk about with a guava in your hand and you'll be fine

Jeeeeez the wingspan on some of these bats! I like bats but I wouldn’t want one with 6 foot wings flying past my head on a dark night

@ShirleyPhallus

Can I just drop this here

What the everloving fuck is that?!

Did Doctor Frankenstein create it?

I had a chance to be up close to these amazing creatures! They are gorgeous and so gentle and curious! No need to be afraid of them. They are endangered. People kill and abuse them all the time due to poaching, fear and worry about them damaging fruit crops. It's horribly sad and cruel.

This is triggering memories of the Mothman Prophecies and that's not good.

@FizzyGreenWater
Hello! Please can you explain the Mumsnet bat thing for me please? Thank you!