Wait a second, this image of a seemingly terrifyingly enormous bat is real?

Remember when I told y'all about the Philippines having human-sized bats? Yeah, this was what I was talking about pic.twitter.com/nTVIMzidbC

— Alex💫 (@AlexJoestar622) June 24, 2020

Snopes on the photo:

Regardless of the exact species, this is a genuine photograph of a large megabat. It was first posted to the “Nature Is Metal” section of Reddit on 9 August 2018 along with the claim that it showed a “Flying Fox” in the Philippines

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While these images are real, they may also give viewers an unrealistic expectation about the size of megabats. We’ve encountered a few social media posts, for instance, labeling this bat as “human-sized.”

The flying fox is one of the largest species of bats in the world, with a wingspan growing to nearly 5 1/2 feet.

A NatGeo short video:




(I must have come across this photo in the past, but if so, my mind must have protected me by refusing to form a lasting memory.)