#short-tailed bat

[drhoz]

#2483 - Dactylanthus taylorii - Wood Rose

In te reo Māori  te pua o te rēinga "flower of the underworld", or waewae atua, "feet or toes of the spirits/gods". The binomial name means Taylor's Finger-flower, and is named after the Rev. Richard Taylor who took a specimen to Joseph Hooker in England, who formally described the species in 1859.

A completely parasitic plant that attaches to the roots of at least 30 species of hardwood and shrubs, in damp soil in secondary forests on the North Island and Little Barrier Island. The host plant reacts by developing the fluted burls above, which were once collected in their thousands as 'biological curiosities'.

Photo of male flowers by R. Stanley - New Zealand Department of Conservation, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47509284

The flowers have a sweet, somewhat musky fragrance, and are pollinated by short-tailed bats. The kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus) was also a pollinator, but that flightless nocturnal parrot is now critically endangered. Introduced mice can pollinate the flowers, but rats, possums, pigs and deer destroy the plants.

The only related species are Hachettea austrocaledonica from New Caledonia and Mystropetalon thomii from South Africa, forming the family Mystropetalaceae. Genetic evidence suggests they are derived from the Showy Mistletoes of the Loranthaceae.

Whanganui Regional Museum (in a display about the Rev. Richard Taylor), New Zealand

[sunshiney-day]

what the fuck is this child making

[loveisinthebat]

Silly

[shadails]

Finally got around to finalizing my Old Sonic & Co designs lol. also some notes

[morgansram]

Sebas’s Short-Tailed Bat

[transgender-chiroptera]

Chestnut short-tailed bat, via

[essycogany]

I don’t know if I’m the only one who thinks this, but I LOVE when Sonic designs have different heights. Not to say all of them have the same hight. But most of the non adult or little kid sized characters like Sonic, Espio, (Sometimes Knuckles and Rouge) Silver, Amy, and Blaze are seen to have the same hight when shown together. It’s not a bad thing and their designs are already wonderful and unique enough. It’s just something I’ve noticed. In most of the games anyway. Though there are some exceptions in other medias and one recent game.

For example, almost all Sonic Boom characters have different heights.

Watching Sonic Prime (looking more like the modern game designs) also helped me realize how much I appreciate when these characters aren’t always the same hight.

Do you notice how short Prime!Sonic is compared to a few characters? (Besides most of the Chaos Council and Big) Or how other characters like Rusty Rose and Dread are much taller than their own variants? It’s kind of cool.

Sonic Dream Team is another great example. Look at the variety of hight differences on this character chart. Barely anyone’s the exact same hight here and it adds to the characters to me personally. Their separate qualities and shape language stands out more because of this.

The unique heights and sizes only compliments character designs. It’s the little details that can make for a BIG change in how you view these characters when put together.

[risziarts]

Dreamcast chao

I'm kinda surprised that wasn't a thing

[myymi]

“Come on, Mangey.” Prim sighed, placing a hand on her hip as she grabbed the bridge of her nose. The mentioned fox tilted his head at the bat. “It's only three letters.”

“I thought he'd get ‘fly’ immediately.” Gnarly grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. “Considering that's what he does now.”

“He can say feelings just fine, but can't get fly.” Thorn mumbled, shifting slightly against Birdie. The group were relaxing in the treehouse, soaking in the warm sun.

Mangey was curled up in the newest member’s lap, a scruffy blue hedgehog with incredibly messy quills. They'd met him when the little fox had wandered off one day without letting any of them know. The hedgehog had found him asleep in a pile of mud and managed to bring him back to the group safe and sound.

“Maybe he's just not ready yet.” The hedgehog, Spirit, suggested. He was idly scratching the fox's ear, leaning against a tree. “I mean, I couldn't talk until I was thirteen.”

“Really?” Prim asked, let the hand on her nose fall to her side. “What got you talking?”

“I don't think there was a specific thing.” Spirit shrugged, “My brother and sister tried for years to get me to talk. Nothing different happened. I just couldn't talk one day and then the next it was the easiest thing in the world.”

“So you're saying we're gonna have to wait until he's thirteen for him to talk?” Gnarly asked, clearly not happy about waiting.

“Maybe. Or shorter or longer or maybe even never at all.” The teen looked down at the kit in his lap, smiling when he saw him sleepily rub his eyes. “He'll talk again when he's ready. Nothing we can do but wait.”

Mangey let out a squeaky yawn before deciding to fully curl into a ball atop the hedgehog’s lap. The soft petting made him sleepy.

Spirit smiled fondly at the kid, reaching over to grab a piece of fabric to use as a makeshift blanket.

“Guess we can't argue that.” Prim mumbled with a shrug, looking back over her shoulder. “Hangry’s been gone a while. I'm gonna go check on him.”

“I'll come with you.” Thorn decided, already on her feet before the bat could refuse her company. Prim went to question it, but stopped when she noticed Spirit was starting to drift off too.

“You come too, Gnarly.” She quietly said instead, motioning for the echidna to follow. He looked confused, but followed the girls with only a few grumbles.

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@000marie198 enjoy your fluff <3

[sparingiscaring]

Cringetober Day 7 - Crossover

So. I understand there's no connective tissue between Danny Phantom and Fallen London. In fact, they're the most tonally dissonant pairing I could think of.

I do not care, because those are my current obsessions.

So, enjoy this! Daniel Fenton, born in Fallen London, and finding himself experiencing a strange physical change since his parent's latest experiment .. and the first Victim of their dabbling in Red Science Gone Wrong.

[drhoz]

Dr Robert Franich gave a talk on his work with Dactylanthus taylorii, New Zealand's only fully parasitic plant and its relationship with Mystacina tuberculata, New Zealand's only bat species. The Maori name for Dactylanthus is "pua o te reinga," meaning 'flower of the underworld,' and alludes to the way its flowers emerge from below ground.

[drafthearse]

Chestnut short-tailed bat teeth (Juvenile Male)

[loveisinthebat]

We all Lift

[mars-wuz-herez]

Sonic Prime AU

What if Sonic died?

Part one

Tails point of view

Sonic's body is gray. The smile he gave wasn't a smile at all. The last words he spoke: “I'm sorry.” Him disappearing. That scene keeps playing in my head. I can't stop thinking about it. I mean who could? There are so many unanswered questions that are in my head. He was fine the entire day so what changed at that very second? Why did we all of a sudden feel weak? What did he mean when he said: “We were too late?” Why did he disappear? Why was Shadow there? Will we be able to bring him back? Will I be able to bring him back? 

Rouge and I are currently flying over Green Hills. She had us check a few places earlier but we had no luck. We tried the beach, where Sonic normally runs into him. No luck there. We tried his house, office, the place where he trains, even the little town that was there. We found nothing. 

Tails: “Argh where can he be? It's one hedgehog! He shouldn't be that difficult to find!”

Rouge: “This is Shadow, we are looking for Tails. If he doesn't want to be found he'll make sure he isn't found”

Tails: “I guess you are right. Are you sure there are no more places we can look?”

Rouge: “All the places I showed you are the places I can normally find him. Other than those, I got nothing”

By that time it was getting dark. Rouge said we should call it a night and see what information Knuckles and Amy had. 

Tails: “Are you kidding? We can't stop looking! We need to know what happened! Sonic might have disappeared but maybe he is a ghost and has a certain time limit as to when we bring him back. I don't know but we can't stop now. We need to find Shadow and that Prism”

Rouge: “Tails we aren't going to get anywhere if it's dark outside. Shadow is a dark hedgehog. He practically blends in with the dark. We won't be able to spot him.”

Tails: “We need to try we can't just give up”

Rouge: “We aren't giving up, we just…it's been a long and hard day. I know we won't get any sleep but we need to rest. We can pick this up tomorrow.”

I ignored her and looked at the ground. I am pretty tired but I don't want to go home. I can't go home. 

Tails: “I don't want to be home right now. If I go home…I'll be coming home to an empty house. He won't be there. If I go to my lab it will just remind me about the last conversation we had. I just…”

I stopped there. I guess I made Rouge feel guilty because the next thing I know she is right next to me with her hand on my soldier.

Rouge: “We can stay out a little longer. We can fly over the island and see if we can spot Shadow's yellow streak. Maybe luck will be on our side this time.”

That was 30 minutes ago. It's now dark and my flashlight is barely lighting anything. Rouge is next to me. 

Rouge: “Let give our wings and tails a break”

We land and I try lighting my surroundings with my flashlight. It looks like we are at Hedgehogs pass. 

Rouge: “Ok Tails I understand that you want to find him but now it is way too dark to see anything. Not even your flashlight is bright enough to- Tails?”

I walk away from Rouge and towards something glowing on the ground. I lean down and pick it up.

Rouge: “Tails? What is it?”

I turn around and hold up one of Sonic's blue quills. 

Rouge: “How is that possible? Sonic was with us the entire day”

Tails: “Before we went to the mountain he left to go ring up. But why here? Everyone knows the best place to…ring…up…”

I stop talking as I look behind Rouge. I shine my flashlight on a bunch of broken rocks. There are a bunch of rings scattered. 

Rouge: “What happened here?”

I shine my flashlight on the ground. On the grass there are two sets of tracks. They can only belong to Sonic and…

Rouge: “SHADOW!”

I turn behind me and a yellow streak comes hitting me and knocking me on the ground. I fall down the blue quill falling from my hands. I try getting up but I feel weak. I see a blurred vision of Rouge and Shadow fighting. I blind once and all of a sudden I see Rouge on the floor knocked out. 

Tails (weakly): “R-r-rouge?”

Shadow: “No just me.”

Shadow walks towards me and all of a sudden I'm awake. I get my shooting device from my pocket and activate it immediately. It starts shooting at Shadow and he dodges them. 

Tails: “Why are you doing this Shadow? What are you waaaah!”

I wasn't paying attention when Shadow spin dashed me. I fall on the ground. Hard. I try getting up but everything around me is dizzy.

Shadow: “I'm not going to hurt you but I do need your help.” 

Tails: “Why…. can't you…just ask…like a normal….”

I fall to the ground. Then everything goes black.

To be continued…..

(None of these characters are mine) People who wanted to be mentioned;

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sorry it took so long! I hope you enjoyed it!

[number-one-shadisper-shipper]

I realized I tend to draw all the Sonic characters with exactly the same body type and wanted to branch out a bit. So I made a set of character references!

These mostly aren't based on anything in canon, it's mostly just vibes and me playing around and exaggerating things

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