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Ok my lovely peeps. Tis happening! I am going to get 5 notepad designs (plus the pavlova but can only upload 4 pix to a tweet) from my #fatbatweek 2022 art.
Final opinion sought before I blow my savings on paper - dotted + line and line or just dots? or a combo across them?
Sooo I would love opinions for selection of which #fatbatweek 2022 to be my next three sets of notepads (to the right is two of last years)
#fatbatweek seventh slice. Black Forest Cake and a European species: Myotis bechsteinii. This has been one full week of fat bats. Given last year my "week" involved ten bats this may not yet be over for the year...
Fifth serve for #Fatbatweek is a Parfait paired with a Chaerephon chapini. I'm running a little behind from yesterday so you *may* get second dessert in a few hours. We'll see if I sugar crash or not. Shout out to @AusBats @NZBatman and @LDenshire - more inspiring batty peeps.
Third slice of #fatbatweek, for day three Phoniscus papuensis, a gold tipped (spider-eating) bat, checks your pavlova for possible eight legged interlopers.
Giving a shout out to @marsupialtapir, @IroroTanshi, and @batgirl_susan today - keep inspiring wonderful peeps.
Night 2 of #fatbatweek and on the menu is Esterházy torta requested by @nicci_hanrahan and a Probiscus Bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) for @HonkIfUrHoary making a marbly patterned pair.
Support and delight in microbats! They're so Nifty!
You can see last years Confection & Chiroptera under the #fatbatweek tag here and on Insta. Also how has it been an year already?!?
All those bat peeps who enjoyed my #fatbatweek designs:
I've got note pad designs on my mind!
Do I burn my bank account to the ground for a 3rd design?
Do I go with a NZ short tailed #teampekapeka?
NZ and Aussie ecology buffs: interested in chiroptera stationary?
Seba's short-tailed bat brunching on lolly bananas. Ok lovely #batpeople. This is the final #fatbatweek bat from me for 2021 - 10th days - A full #forgottenrealms week. I have more bat art planned but confection & #chiroptera is wrapping its leathery wings & hibernating til 2022
8th #fatbatweek offering -an Epauletted Bat about to stuff its face with Halawa simsim (a Southern Sudanese sesame sweets). This one is dedicated to @MerlinsBats - whos fantastic photos fed my love of bats early on #conservationmatters #batsarebrilliant #fruitbats #batmonth
Another #fatbatweek delivery! The deliciously colourful Honduran Bat... I've just realised I could have done Duran lolly pun (though they don't coexist). Thank you to everyone following for & retweeting these! This one is for @IroroTanshi, just coz. #batweek #conservationmatters
#fatbatweek continues with a Long-eared Pipstrelle lapping up Licorish allsorts. Ears up as it is actively listening. Look up and boggle at the sheer quantity of insects bats eat in a night! Chuck out your pest sprays and invest in tree crevices and bat boxes! @GiveBatsABreak
#Fatbatweek continuing a pace! Ghost bats are Australia's largest microbat, stunning & carnivorous. @nicci_hanrahan has done some awesome research on their social vocalisations. Lolly frogs are wonderfully chewy - a real Macroderma gigas would infinitely prefer a mouse.
Another #fatbatweek offering; Hipposideros fulva about to nick pistachios from atop Gulab Jamun. These bats are actually insectivorous and have the most adorable little nose dishes that aid in echolocation.
#hipposideros #chiroptera #conservationmatters @bats_w_borders
A NZ short tailed bat on a jar of Macey's fejoa lollies, indulging in a chocolate fish for #fatbatweek rather than their usual fare of insects & the nectar from the Flower of Hades (how cool a name for a subterranian parasitic plant only visible as a crown of musky flowers)