This creature of the night can be found around the globe searching for its next meal. There are 1,240 species of bats worldwide, but some, out of the 1,240, feed on fruit and fish, while others prefer the taste of blood.
As an example, witchcraft, black magic, and darkness originate from the symbolism of bats in European cultures. As written in Shakespeare's Macbeth, these liminal beings have also found their way into brews. In modern times, they have evolved into mythical figures with heroes and villains, such as Batman and Dracula.
Native Americans from Apache, Creek, Cherokee tribes see bats as tricksters or gods, which they use to play tricks against the order and rules. However, others see them as a more bizarre phenomenon of evil shape-shifting spirits. They were even seen as a symbol of decay and destruction by the Aztecs.
Whichever perspective you take, one thing is for certain. Images range from spooky scenes that seem to haunt to abstract figures evoking curiosity as to their meaning.
Have you ever considered getting a crazy tattoo? Here are some great options. Unlike usual tattoos (such as birds), bat tattoos are classified as mammals.
Although we have several ideas about the significance of these kinds of tattoo designs, they are mostly associated with luck, happiness, rebirth, and good fortune.
Expression and innovation are vital aspects of tattooing. With the new school style, the absurd, the cartoonish, the bold, and the imaginative take center stage. There are many styles of tattoos that can express the essence of who you are and what you want to say, but few are as striking as new school tattoos, with their vibrant colors. These bat tattoos will have people admiring your ink from across the room if you're someone who likes their ink admired.
The American traditional style of American bat tattoos benefits from the bold lines and the muted, classic colors, such as reds, golds, and greens. There is very little shading and a lot of negative space in this style. Like this first Neo-traditional example that immediately communicates to others that you love to have fun, this colorful bat tattoo can convey layers of meaning.
Bats
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. The smallest bat, and arguably the smallest extant mammal, is Kitti's hog-nosed bat, which is 29–34 millimetres (1+1⁄8–1+3⁄8 inches) in length, 150 mm (6 in) across the wings and 2–2.6 g (1⁄16–3⁄32 oz) in mass. The largest bats are the flying foxes, with the giant golden-crowned flying fox, Acerodon jubatus, reaching a weight of 1.6 kg (3+1⁄2 lb) and having a wingspan of 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in).
The second-largest order of mammals after rodents, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species. These were traditionally divided into two suborders: the largely fruit-eating megabats, and the echolocating microbats. But more recent evidence has supported dividing the order into Yinpterochiroptera and Yangochiroptera, with megabats as members of the former along with several species of microbats. Many bats are insectivores, and most of the rest are frugivores (fruit-eaters) or nectarivores (nectar-eaters). A few species feed on animals other than insects; for example, the vampire bats feed on blood. Most bats are nocturnal, and many roost in caves or other refuges; it is uncertain whether bats have these behaviours to escape predators. Bats are present throughout the world, with the exception of extremely cold regions. They are important in their ecosystems for pollinating flowers and dispersing seeds; many tropical plants depend entirely on bats for these services.
Bats provide humans with some direct benefits, at the cost of some disadvantages. Bat dung has been mined as guano from caves and used as fertilizer. Bats consume insect pests, reducing the need for pesticides and other insect management measures.
They are sometimes numerous enough and close enough to human settlements to serve as tourist attractions, and they are used as food across Asia and the Pacific Rim.
However, fruit bats are frequently considered pests by fruit growers. Due to their physiology, bats are one type of animal that acts as a natural reservoir of many pathogens, such as rabies; and since they are highly mobile, social, and long-lived, they can readily spread disease among themselves. If humans interact with bats, these traits become potentially dangerous to humans.