Photo of terrifying 'human-size' bat is giving people nightmares

dailyrecord.co.uk:

social media users believed it to be 'human-sized' - but it may not be what it seems. The images were shared on Twitter, showing an enormous bat hanging upside down from the roof of a building, looking like it has flown straight out of a horror film.

The post has racked up thousands of likes, with many people claiming the bat is "taller than me", the Mirror reports. The post is captioned: "Remember when I told y'all about the Philippines having human-sized bats?

Yeah, this was what I was talking about."While the creature pictured - thought to be a giant golden-crowned flying fox - is considered a megabat, it's not as big as it looks.The species of bat can have an impressive wingspan of up to about 5.6ft - which is very much human-sized and.