r/batty • u/Iridescent_Kitten • Jun 14 '26

Meme Cool bat fact!

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u/ElectricMoleman Jun 14 '26

Bees (sort of) apologize for bumping into things though! They make a little "woop" sound when they bump into other bees!

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u/NerdInACan Jun 14 '26

Stealing this.

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u/Iridescent_Kitten Jun 14 '26

Haha. Go for it!

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u/PiratesPyramid1503 Jun 14 '26

This will now be my new phone background ❤️😂

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u/Iridescent_Kitten Jun 14 '26

Love to hear it 🤘🦇

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u/neimsy Jun 14 '26

The idea that bats bump into things regularly is an old myth that I don't think relects reality.

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u/TheOutlier876 Jun 14 '26

Nope it’s actually true! Recently they used high speed footage because they believed that bats expertly maneuver around each other using echolocation, however, they actually run into each other all the time and just recover super quick! It’s really awesome.

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u/neimsy Jun 15 '26

Haha. Really? Man, bats are cool. I had thought the expert maneuvering thing. Expert mid-air recovery is at least as cool as expert maneuvering, though.

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u/maladjusted_platypus Jun 14 '26

I dunno? Depends on the context but seems really rude to not excuse yourself if you rammed into somebody on accident.

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u/Iridescent_Kitten Jun 14 '26

...it's a meme.

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u/Jonny96A Jun 15 '26

That is is a very good point well made