Apr 24, 2021
About Pipistrelles
Pipistrelles , Demonstrated below by a lovely member of Ruppell’s Pipistrelle , Are Small, insectovorous old-world Bats , Notable for their erratic Flight patterns. Pipistrelles, Aside from the Oddities of the Hammerheaded bat (Not of the same family), False Vampire Bat (also not of the same group ) , the Northern Ghost Bat, and the iconic Common Vampire Bat , Are among the most commonly represented bats in media. Though media tends to fixate on the shape of bats rather than actually showing them, in order to play up the ‘ fear’ angle of what is objectively one of the most helpful and sweet groupings of mammals in the world (Chiroptera)
