First Photo Hunt: Theme 119 “What is That?”
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July 20, 2008 – 7:52 pm
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I have been wanting to try Photo hunting for a long time but never got around to it and then I chanced upon it again just this week! I saw the interesting theme and sounds like fun. So here goes my very first entry for PhotoHunt.
I’m going to put in a little twist by having you guys guess what it is before I reveal the answer. When I get at least 5 people commenting it right, I will share what it is!
Take the time now to examine the photo carefully. You don’t see one in everyday life very often! The answer may be a hair easy for some but could get spectrally difficult for others… Oh I’m giving the answer away with that!
Enjoy. 
I knew it was going to be easy for most! The hair and the wing gave it away. LOL
Thank you for guessing- you were all right!!
It is in fact a bat, specifically a Philippine Pygmy Fruit Bat that is endemic in the Philippines but in recent years is being threatened by habitat loss. Its Scientific name is Haplonycteris fischeri and is also known as Fischer’s Pygmy Fruit Bat.
I’m lucky enough to have seen and held one on my recent vacation in the Philippines. The amazing, beautiful, world famous Boracay Island has a Butterfly Garden that also shelters a good number of bats.
The first time I saw the bats from afar, I actually pointed: “what is that?” It was also a first for me to have seen a number of them just hanging out in various trees and not even caged or enclosed as in the zoos. My friends and I were really scared just being near it and then the guide said, “you want to hold them?” We were like “err, thanks but no thanks!” But then he was prodding and assuring, so we did! That was one memorable experience and I don’t think I’d ever have the opportunity to play with bats again! They mentioned of a bat cave in Boracay but we didn’t have enough time to do it. Perhaps on next visit… More photos of the relatively harmless bats!
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I really enjoyed this first photo hunt experience! Guess I’ll be doing it again next week!
Is that a bat?? If not, it’s some sort of creature/animal…
Hi Welcome to the Hunt! I recently started. My guess is a bat. It is a great photo whatever it is!
HHHmmm….tricky, tricky.
I’m going to guess it’s a bat. I see a hairy body, a wing and maybe the tip of an ear?
I’m going to guess a bat!
I’ll guess bat’s wing too!
All five of you got it right easy! LOL
Thanks for checking out mine, now I’m gonna head over to your sites!
Tnchick: I think you may have gotten me hooked on this! I’ll be off photo hunting now on my huge archives of photos for your exciting theme each week. About time, I make use of some of my shots! Way to go!
Bat wing
or duck web
Hmmn…. it is definitely a bat wing, I love em cooked like adobo sa gata……
LiNTEK…..
hi Lintek, yep it is a bat wing. Kina-kain pala ito? parang hindi ko ata kaya! i guess i’m not that adventurous when it comes to eating! hehe…
salamat sa dalaw!