for #fatbatweek day 6: snack and species found in Ghana: Spurrell's Woolly bat and Kelewele - fried plantain.
With a shout out to @irorotanshi.bsky.social @africanbatcon.bsky.social @batresearch.bsky.social @dailybats.bsky.social

Last year I learned that the Japanese house bat is 油蝙蝠, literally "oil bat" - which inspired this years fatbatweek series to be focused on fried foods :D

Two in one: Hope these help.

With a additional shout out to @courtneymilan.com for her description of this particular food in a recent(ish) book - so tangibly written that I immediately recognised what the Taiwanese ladies were requesting for fatbatweek, despite not seen/eaten youtiao in person (yet).

Fifth of #fatbatweek is the Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum with a fried chicken burger. Shout out to all the US bat rehabilitators, researchers and educators @azbatrescue.bsky.social @albertabats.bsky.social @batgirlsusan.bsky.social @batconreslab.bsky.social @batcon.org

For 4th of #fatbatweek - a rare Greater Noctule with Verguny, Nyctalus lasiopterus and a variety of Ukrainian fried treat.
#biodiversitymatters #microbats #chiroptera #batappreciationmonth # Shout out to batsukraine.org's conservation and education work.

I think this one will definitely become a sticker- I too think they turned out well.

Day 3 of #fatbatweek is a Australian Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni on a pineapple fritter shout out to tolgabathospital.org, ausbats.org.au and pacbat.org

A Taiwanese golden bat with Youtiao - a fried dough stick known by many other names. This species and treat was requested by some lovely Taiwanese bat researchers I met at IBRC, at least one of whom has been a fatbatweek fan for several years ❤️
www.goldenbat.org.tw/en

@batgirlsusan.bsky.social - tell your students: it's time!
They are welcome me with bat species suggestions and iconic fried snacks from those regions.

Guess who only recently realised she misspelt her name on these cards, after handing them out to nigh on everyone at the @ibrc2025.bsky.social conference

Keep tabs on the tag for the rest of the week (and a bit) as I've started! 🦇🦇🦇

Its the first of #fatbatweek 2025! Kicking it off with the bat that inspired this years theme "fried things": the Japanese house bat: #油蝙蝠 or "oil bat". Kitsune udon comes w a slab of fried tofu. Shout out to @batconservation.bsky.social pacbat.org & globalsouthbats.org #diversitymatters

#versatileartist is versatile.
Can't stay in a lane, won't stay in a lane.

Here are instances of my Wednesday Twitch sketching practice (twitch.tv/papertigress 9-8.30am AEST almost every week since 2019).

I don't archive them, the vids are up for a fortnight then return to the aether - but my sketchbooks grow fat with images & my skill stronger for the repetition.

It is so empty in here... Here are some of my Friday Twitch painting practices (twitch.tv/papertigress 9-8.30am AEST almost every week)

I think I'll focus this account to be my more mundane genre of art and @papertigress to be my TTRPG illustrations...

So I'm aiming to rebrand to get all my usernames cohesive across platforms (it's only taken *forever* as it feels such a big job...)
I'll be active under both here for the next year but will be nudging activity across onto this account bit by bit.