I’m a few minutes late but here’s my
BAT SUPERPOWERS LIVE TWEET MASTER THREAD
BAT SUPERPOWERS LIVE TWEET MASTER THREAD
https://twitter.com/novapbs/status/1437451063674773512
Oo, 3 million bats streaming out in a veritable chiropteran river
Is it technically considered a bat “murmuration”?
Is it technically considered a bat “murmuration”?
Bats: A Biological Treasure
That’s the title of someone’s next paper, I know it
That’s the title of someone’s next paper, I know it
These old Hollywood depictions of bats are…REALLY not flattering, are they?
The guy grabbing his neck as if they were choking him to death 😂 good grief
The guy grabbing his neck as if they were choking him to death 😂 good grief
Is that improper holding of a bat that I see?
I love being dangled by my fingers too. So nice. 😒
I love being dangled by my fingers too. So nice. 😒
I would be nervous if Buddha was watching me catch bats over my shoulder, tbh. I don’t know how they’re so calm.
ANOTHER BAT MURMURATION
Man, that swab took up that WHOLE bats mouth and it wasn’t even big. That bat is just tiny.
Really thankful they came right out and said things will get worse as HUMANS encroach on nature, not the other way around
AND NOW @LabDavalos?!
The Dávalos Lab is less out of a Frankenstein film and more out of an Indians Jones film 🤠
The Dávalos Lab is less out of a Frankenstein film and more out of an Indians Jones film 🤠
@loloyohe using tech to check something in a bat for the first time ever? That’s dope.
Makes sense that we’d look in bat noses and respiratory system for a respiratory disease. Good thinking, professional science people.
Makes sense that we’d look in bat noses and respiratory system for a respiratory disease. Good thinking, professional science people.
Something about animated SARS-CoV2 manifesting a key and inserting it into my cell’s lock to inject its DNA was…unsettling
“How do bats keep the virus under control once it’s entered?”
Easy. They ask nicely.
Easy. They ask nicely.
(Pausing to help my wife bring in the groceries)
I’m back and I have fun Fall beer from @GateCityBrewing 
The way those bats eat that watermelon makes watermelon look REALLY tasty 🤤
The bat’s winking at me
I like it
I like it
Superbat just yeeted those viruses. Be like superbat and yeet viruses by getting yourself vaccinated. This is not a paid ad.
It will never not amuse me how a whole ass bat dangles from those skinny little legs 😂😂
@EmmaTeeling1 could read me the densest scientific papers one after the other and I’d just sit there and listen
@bat1kgenomes getting some love!! 6 genomes decoded so far:
Velvety free tailed bat
Greater horseshoe bat
Egyptian fruit bat
Pale spear nosed bat
Greater mouse eared bat
Kuhl’s pipistrelle
At least two more that I know they’re working on (Bat World Cup champions 😎)
Velvety free tailed bat
Greater horseshoe bat
Egyptian fruit bat
Pale spear nosed bat
Greater mouse eared bat
Kuhl’s pipistrelle
At least two more that I know they’re working on (Bat World Cup champions 😎)
If you want your immune system to get stronger, learn how to fly ya lazy bum.
- Emma Teeling, probably
- Emma Teeling, probably
Gary McCracken’s enthusiasm for bats is, dare I say, infectious
Falling into guano and being consumed by dermestid beetles will be what I fall asleep thinking about tonight. Thanks, Gary.
“OUR BAT WENT HOME”
😭😭
Garyyyyyyyy
😭😭
Garyyyyyyyy
That’s RIGHT bats are the fastest powered fliers at ~100mph
Suck on that, peregrine falcons!
Suck on that, peregrine falcons!
I don’t know Kenny Breuer but I like him already
Wait wait. I knew flight was energetically taxing but 3x more so than a terrestrial mammal of the same size running at full speed?
Sometimes I want to puke after spending 30 minutes at Planet Fitness. Maybe I’m not cut out for flight
So much for my stronger immune system plan
Sometimes I want to puke after spending 30 minutes at Planet Fitness. Maybe I’m not cut out for flight
So much for my stronger immune system plan
HEARTBEATS AT 1066 BPM??!!
Egyptian fruit bats in a flight chamber is nice
Egyptian fruit bat feet bouncing in slow-mo as it flies in said chamber? The best
Egyptian fruit bat feet bouncing in slow-mo as it flies in said chamber? The best
Wings = bat AC. Got it.
“Very few viruses kill us, we kill ourselves” by way of an overactive immune response to inflammation
I’m sorry, scientists, that your lab work has been relegated to B-roll in documentaries. I want you to know that I see and value your work.
“The Paradox of the Bat” is the name of my next album
FULL DISCLOSURE: I don’t have a first album
FULL DISCLOSURE: I don’t have a first album
Who the F*** let their cat out during filming of bats in Brittany?!
KEEP YOUR CATS INSIDE, especially at night
KEEP YOUR CATS INSIDE, especially at night
The “small animals have short lives/large animals have long lives” pattern gets absolutely DECIMATED by bats
The oldest Greater mouse eared bat on record was 37 years old
The oldest known bat? A Brandt’s bat that was ~41
The oldest Greater mouse eared bat on record was 37 years old
The oldest known bat? A Brandt’s bat that was ~41
Good to see you in here, @SJPuechmaille! I like your sweater.
“Telomeres give ‘em years”
You’re welcome
You’re welcome
Oh look, dangly pear bat again. I’m not upset about it.
So do bats hold the key to understanding our own immune systems and ultimately hacking them so we stand a better chance of fighting sickness?
Probably! But there is much research left to be done.
Probably! But there is much research left to be done.
Well, if you’ve made it to the end with me: thank you! Sorry for the pause in the middle.
Next documentary that comes out I’ll do this again! This was fun. 🦇✨
Next documentary that comes out I’ll do this again! This was fun. 🦇✨
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