othmeralia:maryhelencochranlibrary:othmeralia:cscclibrary:ccadrarebooks:othmeralia:It’s Bat Apprecia
othmeralia:maryhelencochranlibrary:othmeralia:cscclibrary:ccadrarebooks:othmeralia:It’s Bat Appreciation Day (April 17th), you say? Othmer Library is on it.Image of vesperugo noctula from Das Buch Der Natur (1875).Woot! Bats are our friends! From Birds and all nature, 1898-99. Bats, you say? This precious little sky-puppy is the hairy-legged vampire bat, as seen in our copy of The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. What’s not to love about that face?Yes! All the bats! Thanks for sharing, @ccadrarebooks and @cscclibrary!We’re a little late to the party, but here’s our contribution to the bat pic share-fest from our copy of The Biology of Bats by Gerhard Neuweiler (translated by Ellen Covey)!A wizard is never late, @maryhelencochranlibrary! Welcome to the Bat Appreciation Day party! -- source link