The Megabat: The World’s Largest Bat Is Bigger Than You
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ธ.ค. 2021
- A literal cold-blooded creature so impressive in size, people prefer to call it a flying fox. And when it takes flight, it defines what we've come to know as a megabat. It's huge, so what makes the giant golden-crowned flying fox such a picky eater? Why would entire ecosystems collapse if they disappeared? Get ready for an unforgettable introduction to the largest bat on the planet, the giant golden-crowned flying fox.
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Bats are not cold blooded. They are mamals. They are like little dogs, but with wings.
I think they meant it figuratively.
@@WieldingEminator Except they said "literal" cold blooded.
Correct. I really detest "educational" shows/videos that insist on perpetuating ignorance. What a missed opportunity.
😂🤣
@@WieldingEminator Except they literally used the word literal in the description.
0:26 “A literal cold blooded creature”
No. Bats are not cold blooded. Literally.
Don't expect any facts from these kind of videos^^
@@dr.doppeldecker3832 Or just about any videos now. It just takes way too much effort for a basic fact check that mammals are not cold-blooded. I think it's a safe bet that the clueless chick narrator couldn't even define a mammal.
I noticed that instantly. Didnt take anything else she said seriously after that.
@@armchaircritic4178
Thats all it takes..
@@michaeldavid6284 don't shoot the messenger. She was not at fault. She is only the narrator. Who you should be angry at, is the writer.
“Their terrifying glaring eyes”
Literally looking like puppies 😭
Yeah, those eyes had a stint of innocence about them.
Because they are puppies. 😂😂 they are not bats.
@@abhishekdubey6033 SKY PUPPIES 💝💝
The fact that an editor saw this footage and was like "this needs some death metal intrumental beats playing" clearly paints this animal as if it should be brutal and feared. But you're going to have the announcer just tell everyone "oh they could careless about eating humans and are essentially just giant fruit bats".
I really wanna know what song this is tbh
Me too
"death" metal 🙄
Ya beat me to it!😅
Like some bat out of hell type music 💀
Batman bollywood version be like:
More Like Netflix Adaptation
Jeepers Creepers!!! 😱👻
😂😂😂😂😂😅😂😂😂😂
Lmao yess
YES!
Don’t make them look evil. They are sweet.
No animals evil
@@wildlifewarrior2670 dolphins?
@@rotonek2887 wtf????
@@wildlifewarrior2670 dolphins rape or bully animals and other dolphins
some chinese probably also said that
Oh god. I got 30 seconds into the video and heard the narrator call “ a literal cold blooded creature”. That’s enough for me today. I guess these are the kinds of sources one should expect from TH-cam
They’re precious. The wing shape is only creepy because Halloween decorations have conditions us to thing it’s creepy. But it’s pretty radical honestly.
The ' flying fox ' is a fruit bat ,the largest of the species and is strictly a vegetarian living on fruits mostly , and it is a mammal and thus are warm blooded .
In the 60s and 70s they appeared in the thousands during the fruiting season in the state of Kelantan , Malaysia , where I used to live . Now they are rarely spotted because much of the wild fruit trees have been cleared for urban development .
As usual there are some people who eat them .
It is a pity that man is responsible for the near extinction and extinction of other living species .
Not 'Man' in the truest sense,more reptilian-corporate-scum.
Nature is responsible for the extinction of 99 percent of all species, so...
And sadly, humans haven't figured out that the more other species we manage to make extinct, the closer we bring our own extinction.
Yeah, I picked up on that, she even stressed "literal" to make sure we knew she wasn't being figurative
I hoped for further explanation and when none came, I forgot about it until reading your comment
😉😊😀😃😃I NEVER KNEW THAT BECAUSE I JUST STARTED RESREACING COOL
…at 27 seconds you call it “a literal cold blooded creature” ….Why?
You know all mammals are warm blooded and you know it’s the only mammal that can fly…
Yes 100% correct. Squirrels can fly too, but it is more of a glide.
What do you mean they are cold blooded as they are related to reptiles give me a break dude.
@@readynow12345 …..bats have no relation to reptiles….you are supposed to learn that, maybe in kindergarten 😳
@@cruzmalibu4361 You're wrong I'm right good night..
@@readynow12345 …..you do know that the bat is the only mammal that can fly…period
Reptiles are cold blooded and mammals are warm blooded. You can now rest your head on your desk till recess…🦇😳
That's funny how they make them out to be so terrifying. There's actually quite the opposite. Like dogs with wings. Love these sweet bats 💜
Hello Karen how are you doing today I hope you are enjoying your weekend 😊..
The paleosity😂
I was attacked by a Saint Bernard once when it got loose from his fenced-in yard. Now I'm terrified of dogs.
The only scary thing about these bats is that I initially didn't realize bats come in this size, so it was startling at first. Other than that they seem adorable
Just don’t dress as the joker near them,
very huggable
What are you calling SCARY?? These puppy-eyed fig babies are freaking adorable! :D We must protect them at all costs...I do really hope we can keep this beautiful planet alive for much longer. Whether that is really our responsibility, Earth is all we have.
There's something wrong with your perception of cuteness
@@ArjunSharma-gy1eq there's something wrong with yours. This is literally a puppy with wings
Humans destroyed it if we don’t fix it then we deserve to die
@@ArjunSharma-gy1eq That’s just their opinion. I think they’re cute too :)
They're not babies, they are giant bats
"Scary looking eyes, things of nigthmares"
Bat: *literaly loking like a shy puppy*
Dogs - Ground Puppy
Bats - Air Puppy
Seal - Water Puppy
All three lived in great harmony until a Fire Puppy attacked.
Sweet word pictures! 🫵😃😚🥹😎💞
Me: I got to go to sleep..
My recommendations at 3:AM:
A literal cold blooded creature? They are mammals
Hello Cyndi how are you doing today I hope you are enjoying your weekend 😊..
“A literal cold-blooded creature…”
What? You know what a mammal is, right?
I live in the States, Iowa. Taking photos of the moon on a hot summer night, I saw this HUGE freaking bat with a body nearly as tall as I am, and a beautifil ginormous wingspan. It's came down, was going to land, then to back off to the sky just 20ft off the ground. This happened 30ft away and the bat was darker than the shade of black die to minor light pollution.
When it chose to propell itself upward, it trusted exactly how we would imagine an dragon from the movies.
I messaged severa zoologist. I will most likely never get a reply. They say to never go full crazy, but I did anyways. LoL
Well atleast I didn't say I saw a ypung black dragon! LoL
This memory will last my lifetime 😊
We don't have flying foxes in the states
@@douggaudiosi14
Yes I agree !
@@douggaudiosi14 that we know off
@@altumurnemtzra2026 Obviously
Mothman
For all the fear of bats, the scariest thing about them is literally how friendly they are.
If they didn't live in such close-nit groups, they wouldn't carry so many deadly diseases
They actually don't cary many diseases. Some of them might carry some diseases but not all. It's like some humans have hiv and a bat indroducing humans to other bats say to them. Careful of humans because they all carry hiv which is bs because most don't have hiv.
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My classmate: i want a hamster!
Me:
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I want...
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Bats aren’t cold-blooded. There are so many things wrong with this.
“A literal cold-blooded creature…”
Bats are warm blooded mammals but ok.
Please PLEASE protect these amazing creatures!!!
Bats are warm blooded mammals, not cold blooded as this video states and all bats, including golden crown bats , use echo location. And while they might have a large wingspan, there are no bats larger or as large as a human being.
You are wrong on the echo location part; "Like nearly all megabats, giant golden-crowned flying foxes cannot echolocate, and thus rely on sight to navigate" according to a 2001 publication.
I think they're saying wingspan wise. If you think about it, these actually looks like they're big enough to snatch some small ass toddler off the ground
Yep, this video is misleading. They only weigh around 1.5 kg/3 lbs. The video makes it seem like they’re at least the size of a dog or other mid-sized mammal
I guess they assumed they were speaking to small children.
It's definately not a cold-blooded creature.
Yes. It's warm-blooded and a mammal.
Tbh when I see a bat that big I just think
“Oh boy they’re big enough to hug!! :D”
Beautiful and friendly creatures. I wish I could have one as a pet.
There would come a time where a species will be ignorant enough to not just think but has the power to keep white people as pets 😊
"A literal cold blooded creature" 00:25 Bats are warm blooded
I love all bats. They are good for our planet and should be respected as an important species in conservation. No bat should be on the endangered list if people learned about bats and saw them for the good that they are.
They're adorable to look at during the daytime, but it will scare the shit out of you during the night. I think they're the reason we have mythical creatures here in the Philippines, like "manananggal" (humanoid with bat wings) & "wakwak" (large creature with bat like features).
I'm an American expat living in Bataan for a dozen years and I just LOVE standing in my front yard at night watching the bats chase insects and catch a glimpse of one every now and then when they dart through the beam of one of my night lights. I've not seen a Flying Fox out here yet but I hope to. The little rascals, though, are pure entertainment to watch. 'Mananaggal' hasn't showed up yet but my wife is a bit superstitious and will not walk through the rice fields at night with me. I guess ASWANG has her worried too. LOL
I get irritated when people talk about eating 'paniki'. People will eat most anything here but eating bats just bothers me. They are SO beneficial that I wish they would be left alone.
Nature have their own set theories :
A mammal that can fly : bat
A mammal that can live underwater : whale
A mammal that give eggs : platypus.
Imagine making an entire video on something
And then calling it cold blooded 30 seconds in
I knew those bats but I didn't know they grew so big, am just blown away right now
My friend from the Philippines actually seen these! 😱
They don’t actually grow bigger than humans, they are only as tall as a 2 year old. Probably even a bit shorter. Big for a bat, but not bigger than humans. The picture where it looks huge is an illusion.
@@raven7146 It's still an awesome site! 😁
They don’t though. They have a large wingspan, but even the largest megabats only weigh around 1.5 kg/3 lbs
This video is a big fat lie. They are not that big. It's the way they have filmed it. That is all. Another stupid misleading youtube animal video with overdramatic music played behind it and a wanker for a presenter.
it’s sad bats are associated with evil when they’re not even dangerous🥺
Yeah Rabies is evil you jnow and their bites can't even be felt or seen .
0:18 the wing span is the least of my worries😳
0:15 he has a bigger one then me 🤣
🗿
I don't find them cute. I find them freaking awesome, cool and badass. 😎
Until they suck your blood
All of the above.
(But also cute. ☺️)
corrections:
1) they're warm blooded
2) they don't just exclusively eat figs
3) they are active during the day instead of the regular bat night shifts
4) being mammals, they can readily transmit more than just one disease to people and our animals. colonies of these guys roosting near people usually result in shortened lifespans of people who already suffer respiratory diseases and give people just that if they didn't already have it as the guano not only good for seed dispersal, it's also very good at hosting dangerous airborne pathogens
5) it's not just deforestation that's to blame for the rapidly dwindling population of these guys. loss of habitat, wars, poaching, and overhunting contribute massively to this and there are no shortage of any of those in the regions where they live.
also, they look like little foxes with wings and are super adorable but i would advise against petting one, especially because of #4.
That bat with his tounge sticking out was so cute
We have very large colonies of flying foxes in Australia. Amazing mammals. But very noisy when settling at roosts and drop a lot of excrement. They often come to my house for fruit. Also micro bats not much bigger than a large butterfly.
This is basically eco-friendly vampire spawn 🧛
Bat Guano. 💩
Only they eat fruit. And are friendly and cute. Also, vampires don't exist.
@@toxic_bunny689 nooo~ 😢
At least I got Santa the Ho Ho~ 🎅
Freakishly glaring eyes?? These are some of the freaking CUTEST animals on the entire planet!! I’m in LOVE!
*it looks adorable. I want one!*
Bats are not cold blooded and do you even literally know what literal even means?
When they add a dreadful soundtrack, start making corny puns and then go into "cute-voice-talking-to-children" mode, it's time to move on to the next video.
@@TonyEnglandUK You got that right.
Nobody knows what "literal" means. Look up the definition on google. It has an informal definition that ostensibly says "Literal except when not actually literal."
It's really stupid.
Lots of people refuse to accept correction and this is the consequence.
0:18 I didn't realise they had human-like little winkies!
I love these bats! It’s on my bucket list to visit Australia and volunteer in a batty aviary and go out with rescuers to rescue those who got in trouble and can’t get out of tight spots on their own. They’re vetted after rescue for any injuries they may have. One of the batty aviaries is for senior citizen flying fox who cannot go out and feed anymore. Their legs can’t support them hanging anymore so they’ve made slings for them to lay down but still have their feet attached above. One senior, “Walter” who was everyone’s favorite, just passed away about a year ago. He was I believe 18 years old, or older. He was a cranky old man you couldn’t help but love!
Hello Cindy how are you doing today I hope you are enjoying your weekend 😊..
All animals are important to the world. We need to protect them as much as possible
I don't give a shit what mosquitos do get rid of them
the way their wings cover their body is so cool 🦇♡
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If you imagine an anatomically accurate batman then this fella here would fit the criteria
Some of them are packing major heat in the front seat. I feel bad for Robin. 💀
Bro had his thang swinging everywhere
2:46 lmfao that looked like a “nothing’s wrong, I’m going to bed”
They're talking about how scary they are while showing a fella with his tongue sticking out. 🥰
"could care less"
That means you do care. At least a little.
What do you expect from a 'documentary' that called bats 'litteraly cold blooded'?
@@emordnilap4747 Chinese don't care either, they would eat them hot or cold or in soup. Agree dumb comments on it's wingspan, It is not a wedge tail eagle.
0:26
“A literal cold blooded creature.”
The creature: *Blep*
“Wow look at that size of that!”
“Those huge wings are amazing aren’t they?”
“……..yeah, wings”
We get a lot of these flying foxes in Australia. I took a local one with a broken wing to a wildlife vet when I was a young teen. They are very calm and not aggressive. I think the wingspan is exaggerated . A wedge tailed eagle has a wing span this big not a fruit bat.
There are many varieties of Flying foxes of all different sizes. This particular species only lives in the philipines. At least thats what they said.
They are truly big. It's endemic to the Philippines
Ahh yes very kind of you take fox bat see doctor.. Giant fox bat big fox bat medium fox bat small fox bat tiny fox bat all size fox bat my country.. Me like the fox bat because look like puppy face..
@@MarkLada Yes they look like a small dogs face. Called the flying fox in Australia
Ofc Australia has these
Amazing animals, and the fact that 99% of the species that have ever existed have gone extinct is mind blowing.
They are warm blooded like all bats and are beautiful, intelligent and friendly animals that eat fruit. I feel privileged to have been able to work with them.
So then they don't bite?
@@bodeine454 They are peaceful, nonaggressive animals and would have to be seriously threatened before they would bite.
@Shae-ni1fi I'm just curious, I've wondered about it, not that I'll ever have a chance to see any in person unless it's at the zoo. Seems like I've read that older ones can be cantankerous. Have you ever pet or held a full grown wild fruit bat before? I think they very interesting mamals.
@@bodeine454 I helped to care for three as a teen as my family members were involved in animal rehabilitation. My father had degrees as an animal technician and a BA in animal behaviorism and would train dogs and wolf-dogs for law enforcement and family protection, so I grew up with them.
I still care for small animals that are injured, wild and domesticated.
So this bat is bigger than Kevin Hart? Damn, even nature still beats him by height…
They are so cute I love their little faces 😍 it's a shame that humans as per usual are slowly killing off such wonderful creatures
Loggers are pure satanic scum.
Cute idk about that 😭😳
A pupper with wings is something I can advocate for.
*looks down*
"oh yea he's definitely bigger than me"
It is a mammal so warm blooded. This docile creature is a herbivore. I would love to get the chance to see onde.
Never cold blooded! Also very adorable and heart melting. 😂 TOM CRUISE IS A SHORTIE soooooo, lemme see a bat as big as the Rock xD
Hahahah "hilarious"
They “could care less.” Excellent script editing.
The metal playing in the background is a nice touch.
Those bat's are cute AF. This was like watching a puppy video set to death metal music. 😆
uh they arent even scary, theyre just big puppys with wings
They are absolutely adorable
I have loved these bats since I was a kid. They are just adorable.
I like that the introduction was a metal jam. It fits the topic.
Cold blooded? Aren't all mammals warm blooded?
I love bats
Same
Hello Mac, how's the parasite? 🤔
"Bigger than you" -- Good one.
"A literal cold-blooded" I'm going to stop you right there.
This video is trying so hard to make them seem scary. But I think they are so cute!! And they are so important to the environment.
Imagine one of these bad boys getting loose in the house.
Can we call them "Tom Cruise sized" 😂
Why am I getting shivers down the spine over these bats when we humans are the real stuff of nightmares?
So finally they found the real Batman.
I was flocked by a whole flock of them in the dark when I was lost on my bicycle.
I hit a dead end on a road to a mangrove trees and about 20 of them came flapping out in the dark and surrounded me as they flew over.
It was pretty scary.
You scared them more
A very clever little creature. Such soft looking eyes.
Love the way they snuggle inside their wings so cute 😊❤
They are super cute, i love them and hope humans can leave them alone super cool looking animal that deserves to live here as much as us, also i dont think they are nasty or scary quite the opposite 😍 vampire bats tho 👀
They are beautiful and cute creatures❤🥰
We have tons of these in the Philippines..
they don't really bother people
unless you disturb it..
also if you have fruit bearing trees in your land.. yeahh...chances are the fruits would have a bite or two
2:24 Target locked. Engaging Flight Mode.
Yes, they are warm-blooded mammals.
I just love flying foxes!
They’re adorable, & smart!
I appreciate this video was made with a REAL VOICE
“Scary” and then its the most adorable creature ever seen 😭😭😭😭😭
Bats frightened me. It's time my enemies share my dread
Beautiful creatures
0:38 that what she said
The flying fox looks like a little puppy though.
Big but very chill and rather adorable animals.
As far as I know, many bats, if not all them, are considered to be heterothermic, as body temperature varies a great lot when flying and when sleeping. That's why some people makes confusion and call them cold blooded. In fact, they are mammals, and able to regulate body temperature, but they are not endothermic (or warm blooded) as the majority of the other groups. As they are not also cold blooded (ectothermic) they are considered by many phisiologysts as a mixture of the two, or heterothermic.
probably one of the least scary animals, the thing is basically just a dog with wings and pretty friendly too. It's also a mammal, therefore warmblooded
I know how bats aren’t nearly as bad as media makes them out to be, but I have to admit, it would be terrifying seeing one of those flying towards me!
Great video and love the metal background music
Video: "there are only 20k flying foxes left in the world..."
Me: GREAT, sweet sweet progress...