California now has an official state bat: the Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus).
image description: a US postal stamp featuring a photo of a reddish orange bat with cream underside. The stamp is labelled “Pallid Bat” in green. Additional text reads “USA 37” in green and blue. Image source: National Postal Museum, The Smithsonian
Pallid bats are very cool, they’re immune to scorpion venom after all, but there are literally two different species of bat found in California with California in their name that I would have expected to be named state bat before the Pallid bat.
California myotis (Myotis californicus) image description: a brown bat with black wings and a very mousey face roosting under a roof Image source: the high fin sperm whale, via wikipedia
California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus) image description: a grey bat with triangular flap of skin or leaf sticking up from its now. It is being held in a researcher’s hand. image source: US Fish and Wildlife Service via wikipedia
i mean i went to the beach that makes you old and im still the same age. down to the minute actually. it’s kind of creepy but i also found this cool horseshoe crab that gets uglier when i sin
my mom loves to lie and like she always swears she was NEVER homophobic or anything to me as a child “i even have a gay work friend” but a really funny memory resurfaced recently where i asked if i could use birthday money i had to buy a rainbow flag when i was like ??? 7?? because i LOVED rainbows. and she said no that means something Evil and god will hate you . so what did i do. but ask my grandmom for a rainbow sweater for christmas and proceed to only wear that sweater for three years when it got cold because i didnt like the idea that god hated colors and i wanted to challenge him
normal 7 year old with religious trauma: oh no god can hear my thoughts and punish me
me: either you are wrong about god or god is wrong and i will fight him and i will be the one to find out
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