#Bats of europe

[daily-batposting]

Western Barbastelle, photographed by Martin Grimm, (source)

[timmurleyart]

Bubblegum bat. 🟣🔴🦇🟠(Mixed media on paper)🍬

[oioopo]

AU where Jason actually dies from the batarang to the neck and is isekaid in some fantasy world.

It can be anything: universe with the same people that he knows but fantasy, a book he read, or even better — manga/anime.

Shove his ass into Dungeon Meshi or Witch Hat Atelier!!

What will he do? The possibilities are endless. An assassin? He certainly possesses enough skills and more to make it far. ALSO!! The All-Blades. Does it make him some sort of a magician?? I mean, he probably learnt more than just blades. Will he go on an adventure? Will it be solo or will he meet companions?

He can meet any of your favourite characters this way lmao. (I didn't actually read Dungeon Meshi but from what I've seen I have a feeling he would like Laios or Senshi. AND HE WOULD LOVE THE GIRLS FROM WHA OMG, give him to Olruggio for shits and giggles (he will cry at some point)).

Will he try to get into some academy, because here he doesn't have to worry about someone discovering his identity, since no one even knows who he is? Maybe he will get picked up by some old guy who sees potential in him (and oh, wouldn't that hit him hard).

Or actually maybe his ass will just find an inn and work there for a living, cooking mysterious dishes and writing books (he will still occasionally go out on missions from the board in the eating area tho, that's not something he can stop easily).

But most importantly, would he try to go back? Will going back be worth it? For a father, who killed him (no matter if he meant it). For the world, that turned him into a cautionary tale. For the city, where his murderer does what he pleases. To the place, that is his by all rights, where he's just so. isolated.

[fuckitandmovetobritain]

Phillimore Gardens, Holland Park, West London, W8

[snototter]

A pair of lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) hanging out in Mafra, Portugal

by Armando Caldas

[ancientstuff]

Gobsmacked by the preservation of these.

[blueiscoool]

6,000-Year-Old Sandals Found in a Spanish Cave are Europe’s Oldest Shoes

New analysis has identified the oldest shoes ever discovered in Europe, according to a study published this week in the journal Science Advances.

The 22 woven sandals date from 6,000 years ago, radiocarbon analysis found in the study led by researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Alcalá University in Spain.

The ancient footwear, along with Mesolithic baskets and other tools, was first discovered back in 1857, when a cave in southern Spain was looted by miners. However, when the artifacts were first dated, in the 1970s, they were identified as being about 1,000 years more recent than this latest analysis found.

The very dry conditions within the cave were ideal for preserving perishable materials, the researchers said, and allowed the preservation of a prehistoric burial site complete with partially mummified corpses, accompanied by baskets, wooden tools, sandals and other goods.

The objects are “the oldest and best-preserved set of plant fiber materials in southern Europe so far known,” María Herrero Otal, one of the study’s authors, said in a statement, adding that they demonstrate “the ability of prehistoric communities to master this type of craftsmanship.”

When Spanish archaeologist Manuel de Góngora y Martínez visited the cave in 1867, 10 years after the looting, he gathered the remaining artifacts, including the sandals, and gave them to museums in Madrid and Granada, where they have been studied by researchers, the study added.

The sandals were made of grasses as well as other materials, including leather, lime and ramie bast, a type of natural fiber.

Using the descriptions provided by Góngora, the study hypothesizes that the bodies were buried wearing the sandals.

Some sandals had clear signs of wear, while others appeared never to have been worn, suggesting that some people had clothing made especially for their burial.

The researchers also studied several baskets and other wooden artifacts in the collection. These objects “open up groundbreaking perspectives on the complexity of Early-Middle Holocene populations in Europe,” they said, adding that most knowledge of past societies is drawn from durable artifacts rather than perishable ones such as baskets. The Holocene is the current geological epoch, which began 11,700 years ago.

Both the baskets and sandals suggest that the makers had an extended knowledge of the plant resources in the local environment as well as a high level of expertise, the researchers noted.

“The quality and technological complexity of the basketry makes us question the simplistic assumptions we have about human communities prior to the arrival of agriculture in southern Europe,” Francisco Martínez Sevilla, one of the study’s authors, said in a statement.

The study also found that the objects were deposited at the site at two very different times during the Early and Middle Holocene eras. The first phase was related to the Early Holocene hunter-gatherer populations, and the second phase to Middle Holocene farmers, researchers said.

By Issy Ronald.

[svampira]

friendship ending vacations real cause we didnt even fight i just came home and realised i do naut like this bitch

[sonnettohara]

GOTHAM MAY GET TIERNA TOO

I SAW WTF IS HAPPENING @ THE BATS RN !!

[daily-batposting]

Northern Bat, photographed by Dietmar Nill, (source)

[timmurleyart]

Bar du Rex. 🦇🍺(Mixed media on canvas)🍷

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Meat Loaf - Out of the Frying Pan (and Into the Fire)

[sweaterodyne]

🦇 🦇 🦇 One two three, COUNT! 🦇 🦇 🦇

[femgirlfriend]

the fact that judas priest is touring right now is crazy considering they're all past 70 like omg. they're coming here too but I don't have money for either the train or the ticket unfortunately loll......

[darkspace7]

Dracula would totally be a fan of spicy food, what are you talking about?