Epauletted Bat

The Epauletted Fruit Bat in some trees near my house. This bat is only about 10-15cm long (4-6 Inches) and travels in packs. Quite a cute little thing. I had to climb about 10m into a tree and hang upside down to take this shot (only one is true)

[☠northy]

he's certainly a handsome little devil! great shot! love how it looks as tho' he's peering at you in a bashful kind of way :)

[Lora Gill]

Great capture! Did you wake this one from his nap?

[Karen H]

Great shot. Climbing true? Hanging not?

[Kate Williams]

aw wow great capture..so adorable! a fav for the smile :)

[Brian Baptie]

Sorta cute as well.

[Dixie Goode]

Oh. I am a huge fan of the kids book about these guys, Stellaluna, excellent to see a real one

[Sue Wilde]

This is amazing Shaun. Such a super shot. Fav

[Maggiemae]

It looks like a fox in disguise! I presume it is upside down? That bit is true!

[Tessa]

Looks very much like a fox. He is so cute. Great photo.

[Tams]

I was going to say he looks like a fox too! And I never thought I'd say a bat was cute but he kinda is...

[Marilyn Wigen]

Super shot... I think bats may be the one thing I find super creepy, but I do think the face on this guy is kind of cute... but overall he is still super creepy!

[Lorena Baughman]

Incredible... Excellent capture!!

[Bobbyj]

fantastic capture Shaun!

[Jennifer Ruge]

Well worth the climb. Great photo!

[Livia]

Fabulous shot! He's cute!

[Peter de Graaff]

Love this

[VJ Joson]

That is a beauty!!!

[Mike]

Fab balance in this

[BeckyS]

Wow! Great shot.

[Shanne]

that's amazing - great shot, love the face. UK bats, the biggest bat has about 12" / 30cm wingspan, the body is only about 2"/5cm. The smallest, most common has a wingspan of 6"/15cm and a body of about an 1"/2cm (the babies are very, very cute)

[Reva]

OMG! It's the world's cutest Nosferatu! :D What a wonderful shot, perfect comp, contrast, detail, everything! Very well done!

[michelle mcintyre]

Beautiful bat, that's small - our flying fox's are much bigger...did you wake him up - well l am guessing you climbed for the shot..and turned your shot upside down?

[judith deacon]

Great shot, I love bats, we used to get fruit bats gathering in a tree outside our bedroom window in Queensland - gorgeous things but a bit noisy!

[Cindy Rez]

wow this is a great shot...he looks cool ...was he hanging upside down?

[Cathy Misze]

He is so cute! He is looking at you like "get out of my tree and out of my face I want to sleep". Great shot!

[trude]

bats of any size completely freak me out!! It's a great shot of one though, those eyes look huge....glad you didn't fall on your head!

[Anna]

wow! Amazing shot!

[her flores]

great capture of a bat. :D amazing shot.

[Paula]

This is a great close up!

[Sheila]

What an exotic little creature.

[Anja]

Wow, fabulous capture! He's looking right at you!

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

He seems happy!!!

[Alison Tomlin]

Wow! Never seen one before. Thanks for posting.

[Ken Lemieux]

Holy cow, Fav!

[Jo Ann Bellone]

Hung upside down right :-) He is adorable in a picture, don't know if I want to meet him in the night

[Michelle]

Awwwwww amazing

[Tooki]

ah, no wonder, i was wondering why he's sleeping upright for a bat!

[Anoeska van Rijsbergen]

Wow, you had to do a lot to take a great pic ; ), ha, ha, but I think he's a bit scary.

[Zoe Ferrie]

Gorgeous, love those huge eyes!

[Vicki K]

Awesome and very cute.

[Jason Daniels]

Cool Bat!

[Erinn Dubay]

Wow! Really cool shot! Nice work climbing up the tree!

[michel dufour]

Yes sir incredible shot wow!! Bravo

[Tanya]

haha well done! we have 3 little bats who sleep on our balcony but they are very quick to hide behind the down pipe when I come outside.

[BirdNerd (Sandra M)]

wonderful little fox face! I love bats.

[Mary]

Great effort to get this cool shot!

[emily tull]

so cute!

[Maggiemae]

@michelle58 Actually I never thought of that and that is logical! So Shaun did climb 10 meters up!

[Kim Suzanne Kelley]

Awesome!!

[Robert Velten]

Very cool bat, great effort climbing for the shot!

[Ruth Lueth]

fantastic shot, Shaun

[Ann Stenson]

That is just Amazing!!! FAV