#bat ask

That's amazing, good job (I struggle with brushing my teeth too, I feel you).

Here's your cute bat picture:

image description: a small brown bat hanging out head down on the side of a wooden wall or rafter. image source: Merlin Tuttle, via the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

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:

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: