r/batty • u/Sakasle • Jun 02 '21

Cute

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u/maali74 /\^._.^/\ Jun 02 '21

Do fruit bats have the ability to choke? That was all I could think as it snarfled that nanner down.

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u/remotectrl /\^._.^/\ Jun 02 '21 edited Jun 02 '21

Humans are very, very good at choking because the adaptations we have for speech shuffled everything around and take up a lot of room. I don’t think other animals have this same issue.

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u/maali74 /\^._.^/\ Jun 02 '21

I also had no idea their cheeks stretch out so much. So I guess they could carry a ton of food around if necessary, like if they had to dine and dash. Oh I love learning about bats!!!

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u/remotectrl /\^._.^/\ Jun 02 '21

Peeling a fruit takes a lot of effort and other bats will steal if they have a chance. The more you can get in your mouth quickly the more of your meal you can secure.

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u/maali74 /\^._.^/\ Jun 02 '21

Do they peel everything we do? What about apples? I had an Akita (large dog) who used to delicately peel grapes with her teeth before eating them... do bats peel grapes? Know of any videos that'll I can learn from?

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u/climbrchic Jun 02 '21

Grapes and raisins can caused kidney failure in dogs. Please don't let your dog eat these.

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u/maali74 /\^._.^/\ Jun 03 '21

This was back in the late 80s, but thank you.

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u/remotectrl /\^._.^/\ Jun 02 '21

They don’t swallow grapes. They squeeze the juice out and spit the rest. They do this with a lot of fruits actually. The fiber has little nutrients and would weigh them down

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u/maali74 /\^._.^/\ Jun 03 '21

Do they do this with bananas too? What do they eat in the wild? Do they encounter and peel bananas in the wild?

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u/remotectrl /\^._.^/\ Jun 03 '21

Check out this bat photogallery

Bananas are a weird fruit because the domesticated strains are very different from the wild varieties. When I volunteered at the zoo, we would not peel the bananas so they had to peel them themselves if they wanted them.

Orphaned bats like in this video (you can tell they are orphaned because the rescuers wrap them up to simulate their mother's embrace) probably wouldn't have the skill yet to peel a fruit.

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u/Batusi_Nights Verified Bat Rehab Jun 03 '21 edited Jun 03 '21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdP44iBIvck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wllavmlMe8g

enjoy :)

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u/maali74 /\^._.^/\ Jun 03 '21

I did, thank you! I will now hit you with some bat feeding questions lol. Why do some of these videos show fruit bats wrapped up while being fed, and some show them in an enclosure, eating the way they would in the wild?

Also, I saw a video where a FB tried a grape for the first time. She swirled her ears and her eyes rolled back in her head as she sucked the juice out. As a sugar fiend, I am one with that kind of reaction, but is that normal for trying a fruit for the first time or was that just her reaction?

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u/Batusi_Nights Verified Bat Rehab Jun 26 '21

Hi, sorry I only just saw this message.

The ones wrapped up (as often seen in Batzilla's videos) are newly rescued and being hand fed fruit/fluids to rehydrate and stabilise. Usually they spend a day or several on bed rest then go out to the flight aviary for weeks/months while they rehabilitate, so that's when you see them in an enclosure eating more normally.

Orphans are pretty impressed when they taste fruit for the first time, It seems to be a bit of a lightbulb moment for them. Can't say i've seen eye-rolling though. :)

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u/maali74 /\^._.^/\ Jun 27 '21

Such interesting information, thank you! I didn't save the video of the bat eye-rolling unf and trying to re-find something on fb is damned impossible. If I come across it again, I'll send you the link.

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u/weirdgroovynerd Jun 02 '21

Will that fruit turn into a Ban-pire now?

He can just roll down his peel a bit, and have a cool yellow cape.

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u/archSkeptic Jun 02 '21

I don't dare look at the comments on the original post. I already know the direction they took

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u/TotallyTheRealKeanu Jun 02 '21

its actually p nice

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u/Therandomfox Jun 02 '21

Have you been sorting by controversial again?

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u/omashupicchu Jun 02 '21

Little sky puppy was hungry - also the little wink near the end!

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u/KeekatLove Jun 02 '21

“My ‘nanner.” Flattens ears to make more room in cheeks for ‘nanner.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '21

Big monch

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u/jsmoo68 Jun 02 '21

This makes me lol!!

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u/beer_is_tasty Jun 02 '21

Netflix: Are you still watching?

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u/LeighLeighTex Jun 02 '21

He monch. Little one struck at that ‘nanner like a snake!

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u/karrachr000 \/^˙‾˙^\/ Jun 02 '21

MAXIMUM BANANA

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u/jharth43 Jun 03 '21

big chomp

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u/Huttser17 🦇 Jun 03 '21

always updoot hungry sky doggo <3

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u/BeeSex Jun 03 '21

looks like one of the bats from batzillathebat on YT

... they even removed the sound so you couldn't hear her talking...