Have you ever heard the tale of Samoan Princess-turned-goddess Leutogi?
If not, then read on to discover the answer!! 1/
[🎨 Yuki Kihara, Tonumaipe'a; How She Was Saved by the Bats (2004)]
Princess Leutgitupa’itea - also called Leutogi - was born of royal Samoan blood in a time when Samoa and Tonga warred with one another. 2/
In an effort to forge a bond of peace with Tonga and put an end to the shedding of blood, the King of Samoa offered his daughter, Princess Leutogi, to be the second wife of the Tongan king. 3/
THE SKY LIONS ARE FALLING, THE SKY LIONS ARE FALLING
The total number of Hoary bats in NA is on a trajectory to be cut in half in the next 7 years if we don't implement solutions in the wind energy industry
IF (and that's a big "if") I've understood this correctly, and depending on true population size, there's a chance that we could see the Hoary bat go extinct in our lifetime, possibly even by 2050
“Worldwide, cats kill an estimated 250,000 bats per year. Domestic cats who do not need bats for nutrition will hunt them for sport: since cats can hear their echolocation calls, they must make a tantalizing squeaky toy.
“Unfortunately, feline fun wounds bats so badly that they either die or fall victim to secondary predators, such as foxes in the UK. Feral cats hunt bats for food, as evidenced by a cat trapped and killed in rural New Zealand in 2010.
“Over seven days this cat had killed a total of 102 short-tailed bats, a species listed as ‘vulnerable’. The euthanized cat was pictured lying next to the depredated remains of some of the bats it didn’t quite manage to digest.