You gotta see this....

[unknownfate]

OK, I was looking for reference for Esme's bat-like guardian beast and found this. It's too cute for words. Look at it run! Heeheehee!
The whole page is here.

Now just imagine that with back legs like a kangaroo, and big enough to ride on! Oh, I want one.

Comments

[slayersyrena.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is so coool! And cute! I didn't know vampire bats were designed to run as well as fly. That is awesome.

And I enjoyed this fantasy tidbit they threw in there:

"More likely, the researchers say, the ability to run evolved long ago, when vampire bats had to prey on faster South American athletes such as the agouti, a rodent about the size of a hare, which might wake up and take a swipe at the nocturnal visitor."

Ah, the magical 'long ago' in 'science'. Solves everything. I suppose long looonng ago, everything was fat and sluggish so they didn't have to run *then*. They only had to learn to run later when the rodent prey got off their bums and became 'athletes'.

[casinoland.livejournal.com]

Per usual I only get the theme music from bat man.