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The viral image showed a huge racket hanging upside down from the wire outside the house.

The bats were seen in the Philippines. (Photo Graphics: Instagram)

Imagine entering your garage only to find a large racket that it looks like a hung upside down. Most of us will be shouting and running away from our lives. But in the Philippines, one person’s reaction was different. Instead of fleeing the place, it acquired the extraordinary moment and shared it on the social media of the whole world to see such a unique creature, which left people amazed and terrified at the same time.

The image, which first appeared in 2018, returned to appearing and making waves again. The common viral image on Instagram showed a huge racket hanging upside down from the wire outside the house, and its wings are tucked but still showing its huge frame. At first glance, it seems almost unrealistic, but that is. Soon, this “volume of human” bats acquired the attention of people all over the world, as many shocked his eyesight, and others were fascinated by learning the existence of such bats.

Internet users are surprised and terrified of “human size” bats.

“This is just Batman.” “No matter this phobia, I have it,” said another, who felt terrifying from this.

“In any way !!!!!! This looks like a person in a costume that I will die for.”

Meanwhile, a section of social media tried to logically argue that the bats seemed very big because of the camera angle. “No, it’s because of the POV angle and the camera angle,” one of them noticed.

A different user shared, “They are actually great when they” open “. They are called Flying Foxes, and they seem to resemble dogs a lot.”

Another person revealed that he was confronting a similar type of bat, saying: “I have seen a huge strike in Thailand. Two large and crazy wings.

The truth behind the “human” bats

The viral image of the “human size” bats is real, but it is not huge as shown. The bats in the image are believed to be a giant flying fox that was surprised, also known as a golden fruit racket, a settler of the Philippines. The only hunting here is that the bats do not have golden fur around its head, and it is unique to the species.

According to Snops, which studies the facts, the bats can also be another type of Megabats, called fruit bats or ancient global fruits, such as the large flying fox. Although these bats can contain its wings about 5.5 feet or 1.7 meters, their bodies are only about a long foot, and it is definitely greater than the other bats but not the same size as humans. As reported by the Daily Mail, the camera trick called the forced perspective was used to capture the bats, making it look bigger than it is already.

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