Friday 29 June 2012

The “Yoda” Bat --------------- --- Discovered in: 2009

They say we’re living in the Age of the Geek, and there’s no better proof of that than the fact women no longer mace me in the face when I tell them I have a comic book collection. The second best proof of this modern trend is the fact that serious journalists worldwide saw the above picture of a flying orc rat and their minds immediately went to Star Wars. Thus – the Yoda Bat, a name I seriously did not make up.

This little guy is actually called a tube-nosed fruit bat, and he was discovered in the secluded forests of Papua New Guinea. The new species doesn’t have a name yet and it’s unlikely that real scientists—i.e. people who didn’t piddle away their childhoods, adolescent years and adulthood obsessing over pop culture—will cave and actually name it the Yoda Bat. Seriously, Yoda was green, people. Come on!
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