I think we as humans need to realize how privileged we are to be born into a human body.
Sure, I've seen a lot of people wishing how they could be a cat, dog or wolf just so they could be cute and taken care of and relax all day.
But let's remember that most non-human animals aren't so privileged.
Not only are pets often neglected and abused, but if you had been born into the body of a fish, a pig, a cow, a chicken?
Your life is seen as worthless - a means to an end. Fish are often not even regarded as living sentient beings, just decorations or food.
Pigs get their tails cut off, chickens get their beaks cut, often living in their own shit and piss. Cows get their babies stolen so you can drink their breast milk or eat cheese. And at the end of the day their lives are ended by being gassed, electrocuted, having their throat slit.
Thank your lucky stars for being born into the human body because your life could've been much much worse.
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Hoary Bat, unknown photographer, (source)
Neither did I! It's in the OP's last fact sheet; Tadarida brasiliensis (TABR) is the scientific name for the Mexican free-tailed bat. Or, rather, the Brazilian free-tailed bat, of which the Mexican freetail is a regional subspecies thereof (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana).
Fun fact! TABR are the fastest flying animals, clocking in with a level flight speed of almost 100mi/h - or roughly 160km/h. While the peregrine falcon is capable of sustaining higher velocities, that is in a dive and thus gravity-assisted - not sustained level flight. (and if some fellows might want to banter on about that somehow counting against the Molossidae, well... an individual has the option to reference STS-119.)
They also smell like corn chips / tacos. No, that's not a joke. https://batworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/free-tails-smell-like-tacos.pdf
A zine i made for my art class talking about bats and all the facts i know about them!
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