#bat ask

What even is that site, this article on vampire bats stands out like a sore thumb amid the parenting advice and the pseudoscience...though the information the article does provide is correct, it is also devoid of real information and is just a vague overview of what research is being done with vampire bats (or the writing is so "fluffy" I'm zoning out). It also feels like a rewrite of an old Nature article I came across while fact checking (not linked here because I had issues with a paragraph in it that made it sound like Ebola was present in a species of bat that it most certainly wasn't, English is such a wonderful language).

Ahem. Sorry, let me get back on topic.

^Draculin is one of the components in common vampire bat saliva that keeps blood liquid so it can lap it up.

^Desmoteplase is a drug developed by Lundbeck that's based on Draculin. It did not perform very well in tests, and in 2014, Lundbeck announced that they were discontinuing development of this drug.

^The results from the clinical trials of Desmoteplase, published in 2005? Not clear on exact dates.

^As for the pain killer, this anticoagulant present in vampire bat saliva interferes with blood clots in arteries (arterial thrombosis) and inhibits inflammation. Study published in 2013, but I was not able to find any indication that any drug company has had any luck developing it into a drug as yet (I could be wrong on this, I am tired).

The social lives of vampire bats is also the focus of research, I recommend checking out the Carter Lab for more information:

Give me a list of European shapeshifting creatures and I'll put it in the thinking jar.

Is this in reference to Scarecrow? If so, I have an original post with just these, but I cannot find it. Gah. All that I could find was this with additional info added and I wanted to keep it simple. Here are some comics that focus around a similar style of Scarecrow! I’m sure I’m missing some and will check further. Also included are ones that I don’t follow necessarily, but have found they are fan favorites. If not, I will make a list of other comics I enjoy if that is what you mean outside of The Scarecrow!These are just comic appearances with the paperback from mid 2000′s mentioned. I would be more than happy to list other media as well in a different post!Batman Annual #19 (1995): “Year One: Scarecrow - Masters of Fear”

World’s Finest #3 “The Riddle of the Human Scarecrow” (1941)

Detective Comics #389 (July 1969): “Batman’s Evil Eye” - Frank Robbins

Detective Comics #486/5 (October-November 1979): “Fear Times Four”

Detective Comics #503 (June 1981): “The 6 Days of the Scarecrow”(an interesting read where Scarecrow takes in an insane amount of fear pheromones. This is still in place during Detective Comics #526,the comic even stating he had been that way for “months”).

Detective Comics #526 (May 1983): “All My Enemies Against Me” (minor appearance)

Detective Comics #571 (February 1987): “Fear for $ale”

The Joker #8 (1975)Batman/Daredevil: King of New York

Batman Black & White: Fear is the Key – Mike Carey

Batman Black & White: the Bat no More…? - Alan Grant

Batman #456 (November 1990): “Identity Crisis, Part 2: Without Fear of Consequence…”

Batman #457 (December 1990): [Identity Crisis, Part 3] “Master of Fear”

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (June 1992): “The Last Arkham, Part One”

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #3 (August 1992): “The Last Arkham, Part Three”

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #4 (September 1992): “The Last Arkham, Part Four”

Batman #491 (April 1993): “The Freedom of Madness!”

Batman #494 (early June 1993): [Knightfall 5]: “Night Terrors”

Detective Comics #661 (early June 1993): [Knightfall 6]: “City on Fire”

Batman #495 (late June 1993): [Knightfall 7]: “Strange Deadfellows”

Batman #496 (early July 1993): [Knightfall 9]: “Die Laughing”

Detective Comics #664 (late July 1993): [Knightfall 12]: “Who Rules the Night”

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16 (early September 1993): “The God of Fear, Part 1”

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #17 (late September 1993): “The God of Fear, Part 2” Batman:

Shadow of the Bat #18 (early October 1993): “The God of Fear, Part 3”

Showcase ‘94 #3 (March 1994): “Madmen Across the Water"

Showcase ‘94 #4 (April 1994): “Madmen Across the Water”

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #80 (December 1998)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #81 (January 1999)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #82 (February 1999)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #116 (April 1999): “Fear of Faith, Part 1: Fanning the Flames”

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #84 (April 1999): “Fear of Faith, Part 2: To Serve and Protect”

Batman #564 (April 1999): “Fear of Faith, Part 3: Life in Hell”

Detective Comics #731 (April 1999): “Fear of Faith, Part 4: Be Not Afraid”

Justice: (2005)

Batman: Fear Itself Mass Market Paperback – February 27, 2007

Batman #564 (April 1999):

Detective Comics #731 (April 1999)Catwoman: Issue #58, #59, #60, #93

The following is an unofficial guide, but a good starter. I hope this helps and enjoy! The following are ones that might not relate to the version I know best, but are still fan favorites story and overall series wise regarding the character.

Year One: Batman/Scarecrow

Batman: The Long Halloween

Batman: Dark Victory

Batman #626 to #630

Blackest Night (2009)

Thank you so much! I’m glad you like them!The diabolik bats are approximately 2 ½ to 3 ¾ inches tall depending on the bat. So pretty tiny.Here are their individual sizes:

Trying to figure out how to fold the wings on some bat-wing people in a project I’m doing and @fantasy-anatomy-analyst said you could help. If you have any pls could you share images and/or diagrams of folded bay wings.

I do apologize on the delay in responding, I've been busy with IRL stuff. You did come to the right place, though. Bat wings work differently from bird wings--basically birds fly with their whole arms while bats use their hands (hence their scientific name, Chiroptera--literally hand wing). This means that that they move differently, as you can see in the following diagram:

image description: a simple diagram showing the different skeletal structures of a generic bat wing vs a generic bird wing image source: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Understanding Evolution, www.understandingevolution.org

The National Park Service has a page on how bats fly that has a diagram comparing a bat wing to a human arm, plus videos on bat flight: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bats/how-bats-fly.htm

ResearchGate has a few diagrams of bats in flight of varying usefulness to what you: *https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-of-bat-in-flight-illustrating-aerodynamic-terms-and-concepts-A-Lateral-view_fig1_233835828 *https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-wingbeat-of-the-long-eared-bat-Plecotus-auritus-illustrating-an-inclined-stroke_fig2_254560995 *https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Full-3D-motion-of-the-bat-wings-the-values-of-the-expansion-coefficients-and-the_fig3_251288251

Brown University News on a bat landing upside down (diagrams and a video): https://news.brown.edu/articles/2015/11/batflip

Current Biology article with a series of pictures of bats of different species: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)00415-7

Bats roost in different ways depending on species, and how they fold their wings while they roost differs too. The most common style is by wrapping their wings around them (and possibly also their mates and offspring). And probably the best method for your bat-people, in my opinion (though I'm sure you could get some of the other methods a try, if you wanted, some bats have suction cups on their wings):

image description: a flying fox sleeping upside down with its wings wrapped around it, with green leaves in the background. Its feet are hooked around a piece of rope. image source: NobbiP, via wikipedia